The organizations behind Banned Books Week based this year's theme, "Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights," on Orwell's sobering story to show we may be closer in real life to his dystopia than ...

That’s what George Orwell would say if he could visit our world, 75 years after he wrote his final novel, "1984." Orwell sought to demonstrate the dangers not just of totalitarianism but of a world ...

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The Orwellian dystopia has become a “worst-case scenario” in the realm of technological advancements, but one cannot help but wonder if we have taken steps in a similar direction already. Our 2024 isn ...

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American writer Sandra Newman got the greenlight from George Orwell’s estate to craft a feminist retelling of “1984.” Newman’s book, entitled “Julia,” tells the story of “1984” through the eyes of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has been 76 years since "1984," George Orwell's warning about government control, censorship and the corruption of language, ...