Happy birthday, George Orwell!

[eldritchhobbit]

Happy birthday to George Orwell (25 June, 1903 – 21 January, 1950)!



“Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.”
― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

Comments

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Oh, snap! I was thinking and talking about him the other day as I'd just discovered that he'd lived for a time in Hampstead. A hero of mine.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

How very cool! He's a hero of mine, too.

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

I re-read this a few months ago, probably for the first time since high school. It's astonishing how much it reflects today's world.

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

Sadly, yes.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

That's so true! Each time I teach it, the students are more amazed how relevant it is. :(

[primsong.livejournal.com]

This man had more wisdom than many gave him credit for. We may wish his vision of the future was a fancy, but it was apparently more prophecy than pipedream. I'm glad his work is still being read, it needs to be.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

A heartfelt "Yes!" to everything you just said!