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INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS OP t1_it84cgq wrote

Reply to comment by fellationelsen in Does 1984 ever dive into how the Party took control over Oceania? [no direct spoilers please] by INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS

Thank you!

I’ll add it to my list. I downloaded “We” and “Brave New World” last night. I mostly stick to Scifi and nonfiction, but I’m dipping my toes into totalitarian dystopias.

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fogcat5 t1_it87hna wrote

Have you looked at Neuromancer or Johnny Mnemonic or Mona Lisa Overdrive?

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Ebice42 t1_it8jp0i wrote

Love Gibson.
Thou if we're make recommendations. Accelorando, by Charles Stross.

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Comrade_pirx t1_it8rzi8 wrote

You might like to read Homage to Catalonia, Orwells account of the Spanish Civil War, his experiences there greatly determined his ideas for animal farm and 1984, along with his experience of war time Britain.

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Craigg75 t1_it8nbv5 wrote

I was really disappointed in We. I stopped after about 70% of the way through. I just got so tired of the prose, going on and on about his love interest. I just kept thinking man can we get on with the story and stop all of this nonsense. Finally I didn't care if he was killed or not, or the fate of any of the characters.

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