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 Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:21 am
Has anyone but me read any George Orwell books?? I have read Animal Farm, and am working on 1984. He is the BEST!
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Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:59 am
Orwell is okay. He is not my favorite. It has been many years since I have read 1984...I will not reveal how many. I just finished studying Animal Farm. It is interesting when taken from an historical perspective. We compared to the Russian Revolution. That was interesting. As a stand alone novel it is not as great as others. I do like the allegory. I enjoyed the way he used the pigs as the human characters. dramallama
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:35 pm
George Orwell is by far one of my favorite writers. His essays are magnificent.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:15 pm
1984 is one of my favourite works of literature.
Probably the most regular, as well.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:20 pm
He is incredible! In fact, for Valentine's day, my boyfriend bought me a hardback edition of Animal Farm and 1984 together. It's awesome.
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:18 pm
pinktarantulas George Orwell is by far one of my favorite writers. His essays are magnificent. Agreed.
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:14 pm
If you enjoy Orwell, I recommend Kurt Vonnegut's "Player Piano", as well.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:29 am
1984 is ok but I've read better distopian novels. Brave New World, We, Anthem...
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:51 am
I must agree with your thought on Orwell, and I'm glad that other people are reading 1984. It is a vital book for this day and age. Sure Orwell got the year wrong, but maybe I'm wrong and all that has happened can be traced back to Mcarthery in the '50's I think...It was in that administration that ended privacy.
-Asha
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:59 pm
I just finished "1984," and I read "Animal Farm" in my history class last year; they were both really good. I think I was the only one who enjoyed "Animal Farm," everyone else complained about it. It makes a really good analogy for the failure of Soviet communism. 3nodding
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:01 pm
Annikaya 1984 is ok but I've read better distopian novels. Brave New World, We, Anthem... Mm, Anthem doesn't even compare with "Atlas Shrugged", and "The Fountainhead". Being the little Ayn Rand nerd I am, I had to sneak that in there. "1984" never really caught my interest (Though I did read it all the way through), and I still need to get a copy of "Animal Farm", I've sadly only seen the oldschool movie.
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:50 pm
I have a much battered and beloved copy of 1984 that I've read close to ten times in the past six months. I read Brave New World right before it, too, which made a good contrast still keeping with the same theme.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:53 pm
I'm going to try Brave New World next. The idea of distopia books is interesting to play with. I've read... quite a few!
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:30 pm
Yavie Feels Pretty If you enjoy Orwell, I recommend Kurt Vonnegut's "Player Piano", as well. Agreed. Really great book! I never got into many of his other books, but I really enjoyed Player Piano. I really liked 1984, too--I liked it better than Brave New World, honestly. Hooray for a good dystopia!
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:14 pm
Conall the Wanderer I have a much battered and beloved copy of 1984 that I've read close to ten times in the past six months. I read Brave New World right before it, too, which made a good contrast still keeping with the same theme.
As for Vonnegut, I'm currently reading God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater , which is also a really good satire.
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