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AI scientist Lex Fridman on George #Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. https://t.co/S9LOIPHK8i 0:00 - Intro 1:02 - 1984 world & characters 4:20 - Love 12:42 - Hate 17:21 - Power 25:56 - 1984 applied to today 47:14 - Twitter reading list

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For social historians the greatest chapter of George Gissing's The Nether World is chapter XII ‘IO SATURNALIA!’. Not your usual title for a visit to the Crystal Palace. https://t.co/s9n5hKHwxj

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This article examines A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess; it notes that of its 10 most frequently used words nine of them are of Russian origin. https://t.co/X0S60O9rK1 Does this mean that #Burgess's Nadsat has been a more successful weapon than #Orwell's Newspeak?

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"The People of The Abyss, a remarkable and horrible book about the London slums, which Jack London had explored systematically. Then there is an extraordinarily readable book, The Road, about his experiences as a tramp in America when he was a very young man." Orwell BBC 10/45 https://t.co/kf65gdCPNq

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Spanish readers are introduced to the George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' versus Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World' debate. Huxley's letter to Orwell after reading 'Nineteen Eighty-Four, October 1949': https://t.co/entPCbxF7Y https://t.co/D25s65x6WL

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Margaret Atwood on BBC Radio 4, Cultural Life. Discussion of Orwell begins about 25 minutes in, and continues throughout. Great indirect praise for Orwell's humour and his roses. https://t.co/uNIBzDjasm Some interesting historical analysis behind The Handmaid's Tale, too.

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"The People of The Abyss, a remarkable and horrible book about the London slums, which Jack London had explored systematically. Then there is an extraordinarily readable book, The Road, about his experiences as a tramp in America when he was a very young man." Orwell BBC 10/45 https://t.co/kf65gdCPNq

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‘I’ve just finished reading Homage To Catalonia by George Orwell.' https://t.co/G3FkQ1rqrh Paul Weller talking about George Orwell https://t.co/KBUwFOLl0X

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Oscar Wilde was born #otd 16 October 1854. In 1948 George Orwell wrote a review of Wilde's 'The Soul of Man Under Socialism' for The Observer. https://t.co/AB0H7smVKo

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"If Animal Farm gave me the framing for Glory, it also sent me foraging my childhood." Noviolet Bulawayo on the influence of George Orwell on writing 'Glory'. https://t.co/f4nsAXlxX0