George Orwell, 1984 So, all you need to do is focus on the ... "The darkest hour has only sixty minutes."— Morris Mandel, The Book of Quotations Just like good times, dark times pass too.

So what makes a 1949 sci-fi novel so compelling 68 years later? Check out these 1984 quotes that are horrifyingly relevant in 2017. 1984 takes place in Airstrip One (formerly Great Britain), in ...

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1984, I think, is the most influential book ever written, and so you could say the greatest book ever written. I remember reading it as a teenager and being completely enthralled by it.

George Orwell’s “1984,” about a society under authoritarian control and surveillance, and Ray Bradbury’s book-burning novel “Fahrenheit 451” have also seen a parallel rise in sales.