Nineteen Eighty-Four

[ToyoWolf]

So, uh, yeah, I finally managed to snag a copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four) from my local Books-a-Million.

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I love it. <3

I'm about 3/4 of the way through, what a book. I mean, it's exceeding and going well above every expectation I had of the book.

The only thing that I feel kinda bad about is the fact that SOMETHING is going to happen to Julia. Like, she's probably going to be vaporized or something, who knows.

DON'T SPOIL IT FOR ME I WANNA FIND OUT MYSELF ;_;

Anyways, after I'm done with 1984 I'm probably going to get FahrBB BB BB BB BB BB BB BB BB Another victory on the war front against Eastasia! Thousands of Eastasian soldiers were captured and are on their way into Oceania for the public hangings during Hate Week! In other news, Newspeak Dictionary 11th Edition was publically released today to great fanfare! The dictionary is FIFTY pages thinner than 10th EdiBB BB BB BB BB BB BB BB BBthen after reading Snow Crash I'll probably take a break for awhile. :nyah:

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...Did anyone taste purple for a second there?

[Chrisboe4ever]

Yes, you had better get Fahrenheit 451, next. I'd say that book is just as groundbreaking.

[Strange_One]

I read both 1984 and Animal Farm when I was around 12-13. I liked them both, loved 1984, but I think I missed something about the ending (I won't spoil anything, though).

I never finished Brave New World, and I haven't read Farenheit 451... I should...

[Kaz]

Brave New world.

Also, what's with all of the 1984 stuff all of the sudden?

[Dr. Jager]

Welcome to 60 years ago

Also, what's with all of the 1984 stuff all of the sudden?

Apparently he googled '1984' and decided to post every top result

[Monoxx]

I like 1984 more than BNW. 451 is somewhere in between.

[Rapter]

1984.. i got 4/5ths of the way, then read the end because i decided that i didn't need to go through useless drivel about the character converting back to the way he was


the first 2 parts of the book are some of the best pieces of writing i have ever read. I love the first two parts, they kept my interest exceedingly well. The third part was getting extremely repetitive in the way it was written.

[ToyoWolf]

I read the ending last night.

That kept me up all night! It was disturbing to me...It was happy, sure, but it was that really evil and sinister kind of happy, the one that sends chills down your back. :yikes:

I'm putting THIS gem into my "read again after so long" shelf. Onto Fahrenheit 451! :D

And to find that 1984 movie.:wink:

EDIT: And I agree with Rap, I absolutely loved the first two parts of the book, with the exception of most of The Book. Part Three pretty much I skimmed over, because it just didn't hold my interest for most of it. There were some real key areas in Three that I enjoyed ("Do it to Julia!"), but most of that part was actually a little meh. It didn't detract from the overall experience, but it was a bit slow compared to the other two parts, to me.

[Shugo Wah]

1984 will always have a very special place in my heart.

[Wolf Pup TK]

One of the few books I've read for leisure. (I know, I really should read a LOT more than I do now)

I was pretty much glued to the book the whole way through. So sad towards the end though. I mean, I pretty much saw it coming, but still...

Granted, the last chunk of the book didn't have all that much purpose other than to beat how it must feel into the reader's head over and over. But I still really liked the book on the whole.

[Tommah666]

It is not a happy ending, I'll explain for the obvious reason

Spoiler: All who betray the system are psychologically conditioned to love BB again and temporarily released after publically confessing, they are then executed at a later date and all records of them are wiped at the Ministry Of Truth. They always end up at the same restaurant

1984 is my favourite book and always will be, it was just appealing to me how Orwell was able to create such a vision and that today people still appreciate it and can compare some elements of the book to the present day.

[MyDoom]

I've been meaning to read this book for a while now.

Also, the title should be One-thousand nine-hundred ninety-four :P