1984 - The techno-surveillance dystopia that keeps coming true!
George Orwell's terrifying look at life inside a totalitarian surveillance state stands up just as well today as when it was written - we had a great time revisiting this one!
Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time · Brent Gaisford, Cody Troyer
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Show Notes
Winston Smith is a Party member living in London. He, like every other member of the Party, is under constant surveillance. Despite the risk, he dares to buy a blank book and begin to write down his thoughts. From the first moment he writes “down with Big Brother” he believes he is doomed to die in the torture chambers below the Ministry of Love. Will his deviance be caught, or will Winston succeed in finding a way to resist the totalitarian control of the Party?
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Similar books we recommend:
- Animal Farm - George Orwell
- Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
- Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/brave-new-world)