Do you like Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four?

I did when I read it in my teens.

You can’t appreciate 1984 until you understand Orwell, a socialist, and his disapproval of the government sponsorship of Socialism.
I like it. It is a cri de coeur
These days, nobody listens.

@josie Completely, but respectfully disagree.1984 is crammed with so much political and social commentary and ideas, that I think anyone can appreciate this book whether they know Orwell’s background or not

I did when I read it. And so much of it has come true, it is eerie.

Yes, it’s one of the books that you read in your youth that changes you forever. Another was Brave new World. Both of which were likely inspired by WE

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@johnpowell Be careful about butt-dialing that phone

I enjoyed it until that woman came along and they fell in love. It was interesting to learn about a society like that. I just didn’t enjoy the love aspect. I stopped reading a bit after she came along because it just became boring.

I liked it enough that I’ve read it a few times. First as a teen, then later as an adult. It’s one of those books everyone should read at some stage.

Is “like” really the correct word?

As a thought-provoking document, yes, it’s effective. In fact, it’s good at raising all sorts of issues that are relevant today. One could argue that Orwell was way ahead of his time.

As literature – I’m not overwhelmed by Orwell’s writing ability. His character development wasn’t particularly good, dialogue was stilted, and he sort of forced you into making logical leaps without foundation. But that’s quibbling.

It’s a good read because it has a disturbing message, not because it’s great literature.

I only read the sparknotes of it. Sorry. It sounds like a good book, but sometimes all of the people saying “omg 1984 us happening” annoy me.

That doesn’t mean the shit our government does isn’t out of control, though.

It is one of my favourite books. I also liked “One’ by David Karp, which has a similar theme but where the process of mind control has gone much further.

One of my favorite novels. Unfortunately people get so hung up on the “Big Brother”/surveillance aspect that they ignore other prominent themes in the book, such as “doublethink” and “newspeak”/the reduction of language in order to reduce people’s capacity for thought. I also found the Party’s employment of euphemism striking compared to our own government and media’s.

@BBawlight

That’s too bad. Had you read just a little further you would have seen that that “love” story wasn’t any kind of love story at all.

No. It was a hard novel for me to start reading and the last third or so was sleep material for me. I prefer Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We.

We, is also an excellent novel.

@Darth_Algar I see. Then I might just try reading it again.