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A dystopia is an imagined society characterized by poverty, squalor, oppression and often a nightmare quality. It’s the opposite of a utopia, a perfect or ideal society. Dystopian literature ...
George Orwell's estate has been accused of censorship after a 'trigger warning' was added to his classic novel Nineteen Eighty Four.
Raoul Peck's essay film about the creation of "1984" uses George Orwell's words and writings as a jumping-off point to chart the rise of modern fascism.
In Nineteen Eighty-Four, his final novel, Orwell envisioned a future tri-polar world divided into competing blocks with shifting allegiances. In the short time since the US president, Donald Trump, ...
While plenty of movies since have managed to rally a note of optimism, Nineteen Eighty-Four is as dark as they come, reflecting the reality of the totalitarian state.
George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is to form part of a unique exhibition at Stirling University which will look at privacy, surveillance and data protection.
Nineteen Eighty-Four Nineteen Eighty-Four is a film adaptation of George Orwell's novel, set in a dystopian future where the protagonist works in a totalitarian regime rewriting history.
60. "Sons of 1984," Todd Rundgren Book: Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell (1949) To close things out, here's one last Nineteen Eighty-Four song, this time called "Sons of 1984" by Todd Rundgren.
On Feb. 7, 1984, during the Space Shuttle Challenger's STS-41B mission, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II made the first, untethered, free flight spacewalk in the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
“Nineteen Eighty-Four” by George Orwell (1949) ... Also titled “1984” this science fiction classic introduces readers to the concept of “thought police” who ensure that those guilty of nonconformity ...
George Orwell's classic 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is one of the most referenced books of the last 75 years. The term "big brother" has become synonymous with government surveillance.