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1984

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  • 16-01-2001 12:12am
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    Paladin
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    Ive just started reading this book, and all I can say is, fukin hell!
    Who else has read this? Lots of people I hope. Its damned good.


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    SantaHoe
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    Bah, I've gone to the trouble of opening this thread... the least you could do is tell me what the book is about.
    ffs like


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    Blitzkrieger
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    I've ordered it so I should have it by the end of the week


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    tHE vAGGABOND
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    A really great book indeed.

    Stay away from the awful movie with Jemery Irons from the 80's.


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    neuro-praxis
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    For the benefit of Dead{o}Santa:

    Written by George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair) many moons ago. This was his fictional prediction of what the year 1984 would be like. Super duper, doubleplus good chilling reading. smile.gif All sorts of lessons to be learned from within it's folds - BUY NOW I ORDER YOU.

    You will have nay a regret, my comrade.


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    Shinji
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    Occasionally you see stuff on the news and whatnot that makes you wonder if the world mightn't be a better place if Orwell had been more correct in his predictions...


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    ObeyGiant
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    The film of 1984 was ace (Jeremy Irons wasn't in it btw, John Hurt was). It's the best cinematic translation of a book I've ever seen. Completely bleak, and has a style exactly as I think Orwell would have imagined it.

    And whoever started this thread.. following on the theme of books.. the next one you should try (if you haven't already) is "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. Similar kind of subject (world gone wrong), although not as well written as 1984


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    Excelsior
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    but i disagree.
    i hold brave new world to be better as its scenario is far more likely to unfold.
    it is chilling to read this novel from the 20s and look at the parallels.

    orwell however is the great great One, isnt he? anyone can read him and enjoy the book on a number of levels, regardless of their tastes.
    his style is so precise and efficient- a joy to read. but i still think a brave new world rocks more.


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    TwoShedsJackson
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    I preferred Brave New World as well.


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    tHE vAGGABOND
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    John Hurt, Jemery Irons - same thing wink.gif


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    Paladin
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    Jeremy Irons lives near me. I had lunch with him once actually.
    Well....
    not so much lunch, and a little more like I sat in his jeep next to him while he ate a bagette, but it WAS lunch to him :P

    Still, it shows what good people these movie stars are - that he picked up an 'aul hitch-hiker like me (in the freezing cold and rain I might add). smile.gif


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    Miguel_Sanchez
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    When I got 1984 out of the library I got about 100 pages in and then found that some fool had ripped out the next one hundred or so pages. Bah!

    I should read it again though.
    I'm the Dude


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    El_Presidente
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    Yes, you should.

    Its really good.


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    Excelsior
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    i had lunch with dr greene, (anthony edwards) from ER.
    he is much taller than i expected.

    smile.gif
    he also bought a copy of that sub totskyite rag, the irish times. smile.gif


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    neuro-praxis
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    Excelsior is a dirty rotten liar. He did NOT have lunch with that guy. He was sitting in MacDonalds and he saw him a few tables away.

    smile.gif

    Hehehe Excelsior - bet you won't be printing any more of your lies. (Alternatively you may just never speak to me again. smile.gif)
    Do your limbs ever get tingly, eh? eh?


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    rumpelstiltskin
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    someone once told me to read 1984, then gave me a copy of that Brave New World, but i havent got around to reading it yet (i will).
    But isnt that where they got the name for the show Big Brother? out of 1984?
    the guy said that people are constantly being watched and theres big messages saying "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU".
    Dont know if it's true or not, but theres something to tell your ma...


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    Paladin
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    A good book is never forgotten (see other thread) smile.gif


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    DeVore
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    Double plus good!

    DeV.


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    smoke.me.a.kipper
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    havn't read 1984, but liked Animal Farm.

    thats it. i've decided. i'm going to buy the book today.
    -ciaran
    ciaran@ieatcatsforfun.com
    smoke-me-a-kipper@ihateclowns.com

    This post has been brought to you by the letter C, and the number 7.


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    WhiteWashMan
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    i take it half of you are under 17/18 then as 1984 is on the sylibus for english....
    excellent book. makes room 101 on tele make sense really.
    no, its not about biology 101 lessons as in american colleges etc....


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    amp
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    A world where history is erased at will and where words can be selectively changed by an oppressive authority. Where rights are reduced in the name of the common good. Where an imaginary threat is used to keep the population loyal.

    But enough about boards.ie, 1984 was brilliant!!! wink.gif
    Lunacy Abounds! Play GLminesweeper!
    art is everything and of course nothing and possibly also a sausage


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