Sunday, January 21, 2007
On this day 1950 : George Orwell died
On this day in 1950 journalist/author George Orwell (real name Eric Arthur Blair) died.His best-known work, Nineteen Eighty-Four, was published in 1949.
Who didn't read it in the fifties ? Big brother is watching you. Ah, that would/could never happen....
What do we have to do nowadys ? Install several prg's on our PC to avoid spy-ware. When we type our name in Google we find several matches. We have personal tax numbers and so and so on.
How right he was over 55 years ago.
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Interesting that Orwell's real surname is exactly the same as our lying Prime Minister, who has probably done more than anyone to try to install the`Big Brother state here in UK.
I'd love the chance to spend a couple of hours in Room 101 with Tony, a rat & a hot steel bowl !
I'd love the chance to spend a couple of hours in Room 101 with Tony, a rat & a hot steel bowl !
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: Sunday, 21 January 2007 at 23:41:00 CET
: Sunday, 21 January 2007 at 23:41:00 CET
Today I got a spoken book by Richard Matthews - George Orwell 1984
Editorial Review
Winston Smith is trapped in a totalitarian world from which there is no escape. Big Brother, the leader of Oceania, is on every telescreen - and telescreens are two-way devices, through which the State monitors every one of its citizens. The State routinely changes history to fit its own convenience - Winston is one of the rewriters - and is implementing a new language called Newspeak, in which political deviance is simply inexpressible. Not even rebellious thoughts are tolerated. Against this backdrop, Winston attempts to revolt. He writes seditious thoughts in an illegal diary, has an affair with a woman despite the urgings of the Anti-Sex League, and attempts to join an underground rebellion. Alas, the State has anticipated everything, and Winston is brainwashed back into perfect conformity - to our horror.
I suppose I will put this on my Blog sometime in the future when I think there's some reason to it or when there will be a special request earlier.
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Editorial Review
Winston Smith is trapped in a totalitarian world from which there is no escape. Big Brother, the leader of Oceania, is on every telescreen - and telescreens are two-way devices, through which the State monitors every one of its citizens. The State routinely changes history to fit its own convenience - Winston is one of the rewriters - and is implementing a new language called Newspeak, in which political deviance is simply inexpressible. Not even rebellious thoughts are tolerated. Against this backdrop, Winston attempts to revolt. He writes seditious thoughts in an illegal diary, has an affair with a woman despite the urgings of the Anti-Sex League, and attempts to join an underground rebellion. Alas, the State has anticipated everything, and Winston is brainwashed back into perfect conformity - to our horror.
I suppose I will put this on my Blog sometime in the future when I think there's some reason to it or when there will be a special request earlier.
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