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A starteling novel that notes the surreal events of a future where the government not only controls life, but watches your every move. (Think the patriot act on some serius steroids) This book will make you wonder about what the media is and is not telling us.

Was Orwell a prophet, or what? If you've never read this modern classic of "negative utopia", you may well be shocked to find how profoundly it resonnates with the political climate of today. A must-read (or re-read!) cautionary tale.

One of my favorite dystopian books-however, I wouldn't considering "light reading" a la a crime novel or romance novel. Definitely thought provoking.

A classic I think everyone should read. I really makes you think.

I recently reread this for the first time since 1984. It is still brilliantly scary.

I found this book more interesting than Animal farm since I love the correlation with world history in this novel, the whole conflict of fake communism and socialism.

Excellent Book, Orwell's best for sure.

Everyone needs to read this book. Excellent. A classic and a must.

Stark and Timeless, Hopeless and Compelling.

This undisputed classic is a must-read in post-Patriot Act America!

This is a very interesting story line. I thought it was okay. It is definatly something to think about.

What a book! So intense and thought-provoking. I love when a book can really make you feel all the emotions of the characters, like they're actually happening to you yourself--and this book did just that. Everybody living in America should have to read this book at some point or another. I loved it so much I might not re-post it! (sorry!)

I suppose this book has a lost a bit of its mystique since we are well passed the year 1984, but the themes are still chilling. Up until the very end, I found myself comparing the story with things that HAVE happened. "War is Peace" is one of the society's mantras in the book... reminds me of things that are happening today in our country. Of course, this book takes it to the extreme of a Negative Utopia. Good book. Really makes you think about what you believe and why you believe it.

This version has an Afterword by Erich Fromm.

This was such a great novel! It's a pretty disturbing future this guy predicted, and it serves as a warning to our government and it's people.

Classic!!

I have not read this book. But according to the back of the book it is "a startingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing."

Another great book

A classic!

1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of "Negative Utopia" - a startingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny this novel's power, its hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions - a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.