Reddit reviews 1984

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>invading countries and maiming civilians

.... that is the GWOT. And the US has claimed the right to invade any country and attack whether the "terrorists" involved attacked US citizens or not (see the attack in Somalia this week for example).

And if you're agreeing that part is bad but you think the spying on US citizens and controlling the media part is dandy then pick up 1984 to see where that leads. It might be a for a "good" reason now, but what about 5 years from now? 10? 20? How will the federal government use those powers when they decide that average US citizens are the terrorists?

Well, my favorites are

The Moviegoer

The Road

A Confederacy of Dunces

Rendezvous with Rama

Watchmen

Snow Crash

Slaughterhouse-Five

Cat's Cradle

The Big Sleep

The Maltese Falcon

American Gods

A Clockwork Orange

Preacher

Fahrenheit 451

1984

Akira

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Lolita

Love in the Time of Cholera

Naked Lunch

Animal Farm

The Sandman

At the Mountains of Madness

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Brave New World

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

If you haven't read it yet, Nineteen Eighty-four.

For that particular class, I believe the assigned reading was:
>* Wastelands - John Joseph Adams

• The Crystal World - J. G. Ballard
  
• Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
  
• Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick
  
• World Made By Hand - James Howard Kunstler
  
• It's Only Temporary - Eric Shapiro
  
  I also took a class on dystopian literature, which included:
  >* The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
  
• Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
  
• Neuromancer - William Gibson
  
• Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
  
• The Children Of Men - P. D. James
  
• This Perfect Day - Ira Levin
  
• Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales - John Walters
  
• What Came After - Sam Winston
  
  Others I could recommend:
  >* Lost Horizon - James Hilton
  
• A Canticle For Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller
  
• Lord Of The Flies - William Golding
  
• The Iron Heel - Jack London
  
• The Running Man - Stephen King
  
• Armageddon's Children - Terry Brooks
  
• The Chrysalids - John Wyndham
  
• The Time Machine - H. G. Wells
  
• 1984 - George Orwell
  
• Pretty much anything written by Kurt Vonnegut

Read 1984.. they've used it as a manual instead of as a warning.

• Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  
• 1984 by George Orwell
  
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  
• Fight Club: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk
  
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Isn't it nice to still be able to use technology from 1953?

I couldn't help noticing the 1954 cover's price of 35 cents.. compared to $10.85 today. A striking little example of inflation.

Well according to Tastekid, the only book that comes up for both titles is Nineteen Eighty-Four, but there are many more recommendations listed for The Wanting Seed.

Cheers.

these 3. All 3 are love stories in their own right.

http://www.amazon.com/War-Peace-Penguin-Classics-Tolstoy/dp/0140444173

http://www.amazon.com/Dracula-ebook/dp/B000JQUBRM/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318288267&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Nineteen-Eighty-Four-George-Orwell/dp/0452284236/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318288343&sr=1-1

Pick it up at a library or

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0452284236/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Two great books.

If you like fantasy, this is an amazing book -- one of the best I've ever read.

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss


This one is quoted a lot (Big Brother is watching) and a great book that I often think about.

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Here's some that I recommend:

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. A classic. Deals with censorship, dystopian future society (very similar to our current way of life), criticizes television, etc.

1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell. Both deal with corrupt government, religion, conformity, etc.

VALIS by Philip K. Dick. A disturbing account of Dick's own struggles with finding a personal God. In fact, I can recommend anything by Philip K. Dick.

And, of course, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. It's an essential.

Here are some fantasy/sci-fi books that I liked at that age, or would have liked had they been published. A couple of them have some sexual content, but nothing overly detailed.

DEFINITELY "The Dark is Rising" series. They're short, but excellent. Also The Hunger Games is a good bet (never read the sequels, but that first book is great). Other suggestions: The Name of the Wind, Waylander, Rose of the Prophet, 1984, To Your Scattered Bodies Go, The Strain, any of the Dragonlance books (I would start at the beginning, with Dragons of Autumn Twilight), or nearly anything by Stephen King.

> About privacy it's simple, why are you so worried if you've got nothing to hide.

It's time for you to read 1984: http://www.amazon.com/Nineteen-Eighty-Four-Centennial-George-Orwell/dp/0452284236/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1370958733&sr=1-2&keywords=1984