1984
You can’t speak of dystopia and not talk about 1984.
It’s a classic dystopian novel by George Orwell. It was published in 1949 and predicted a world in 1984 where the government and ‘the party’ will control every action and even thoughts of the citizens.
It was then a commentary on authoritarianism and communism being practiced in Soviet Russia and what their future could look like. But the concepts and ideas discussed in the book stand relevant more today than ever before in history.
Ideas such as a ‘Big Brother’ watching our every move, or a government agency set up just to modify past news reports according to the convenience of the current leaders, or the planned degradation of language to limit an individual’s thoughts, are just creepily contemporary issues that our society grapples with everyday.
The more technology advances and the more regimes become authoritarian, the more relevant 1984 becomes. Its a book that must be read every few years just to remind ourselves where we may end up going and where we have already come.
Check it out —
1984 — George Orwell
(310 pages)
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