1984: The book. C/D? (Or just discussion about it.)

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'he wasn't overly fond of the British radicals of the era'

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de, Saturday, 3 April 2004 03:02 (twenty years ago) link

The problem with those paragraphs is "the left always luvved the USSR" tone. There were strands of left-opposition to the USSR going back to its inception (the break between the CPUSA and SPUSA over Debs attacks on Leninist oppression, for instance), and Orwell was hardly alone in his severe disillusionment with the USSR after Spain.

miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 3 April 2004 03:03 (twenty years ago) link

thirteen years pass...

that didn't take long

http://www.unitedstateofcinema.com/

i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link

two months pass...

If you've never read George Orwell's "1984," here's your chance to catch up. The classic dystopian novel seems to be everywhere these days, including on the air: On Tuesday, KPFT (90.1 FM) will air a 15-hour dramatic reading of the entire story.

The recording was made in 1975 at KPFK in Los Angeles. It was read by Charles Morgan, a longtime KPFK morning host (and a blacklisted writer). He got some help from June Foray, the voiceover artist best known for playing Rocky in "Rocky and Bullwinkle."

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/books/article/An-all-day-reading-of-1984-11243383.php

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 25 June 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link

June Foray!! reading 1984!

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 25 June 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link

You've sold me, Tracer.

Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 June 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link

tiny trains

The Adventures Of Whiteman (Bananaman Begins), Monday, 26 June 2017 10:35 (six years ago) link

Fainting, vomiting, fisticuffs:

http://jezebel.com/broadway-production-of-1984-is-causing-audience-members-1796405665

El Tomboto, Monday, 26 June 2017 11:30 (six years ago) link

five years pass...

Pynchon's essay on the book.

the Pynchon essay arguing it's as much a critique of British Labour as Stalin was revelatory for me (and relates to this point) https://t.co/5Z70ZT1Nrl

— dylan matthews (@dylanmatt) November 29, 2022

xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 19:19 (one year ago) link

Now here's something we hope you'll really like.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link

I'm surprised that hasn't been an Oceana TV series.. not necessarily just the Winston/Julia story, but just using that world to tell a bunch of stories.. there's the whole part where Winston rents his secret room, and the Proles drinking gin and playing lotto in the pub would make an interesting side setting. Also, the machinations of the Party hierarchy, etc.

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 20:12 (one year ago) link


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