#nineteen eighty-four

[haveyoureadthisscifibook]

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#scifi #books #Nineteen Eighty-Four #1984 #George Orwell #poll #result: yes #l: English

[jbrookspress]

1975 edition, Penguin Books (first published 1949). Photo by Humphrey Sutton.

#Nineteen Eighty-Four

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed, will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten. 'The process will still be continuing long after you and I are dead. Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller. Even now, of course, there's no reason or excuse for committing thoughtcrime. It's merely a question of self-discipline, reality-control. But in the end there won't be any need even for that. The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.

—George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-four pt i, ch v (1949)

[Robert Scott Horton]

#quotes #George Orwell #Nineteen Eighty-four #newspeak

[lemeg]

Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory.

#鳴鳥不飛 #鸣鸟不飞 #saezuru tori wa habatakanai #twittering birds never fly #鳴鳥 #鸣鸟 #saezuru #攻鐵 #攻铁 #kou yoneda #nineteen eighty-four

[countrypapers]

"Big Brother forces you to make an essay about 1984 for English class."

NON-TEXT + ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS BELOW!!!

#countrypapers #countryhumans #countrypapers oceania #countrypapers ingsoc #countrypapers big brother #1984 #nineteen eighty four #nineteen eighty-four #ingsoc #big brother is watching you #countryhumans art

[bracketsoffear]

Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell) "It tells the story of Winston Smith, a citizen of the miserable society of Oceania, who is trying to rebel against the Party and its omnipresent symbol, Big Brother." The Party desires absolute control over the citizens to the point where they try to change the language to make sure the people cannot even think of rebellion. That is extremely Web."

The Spider and the Fly (Tony Diterlizzi & Mary Howitt) "The poem itself was referenced in the podcast with regard to the Web on multiple occasions. Also, the illustrations? Fucking hell. This is the irl 'A Guest for Mr. Spider'."

#web poll #the web #poll #the magnus archives #leitner tournament #Nineteen Eighty-Four #1984 #The Spider and the Fly #Tony Diterlizzi #Mary Howitt

[crumbargento]

1984 - Michael Radford - 1984 - UK

#nineteen eighty-four #1984 #1984 orwell #george orwell #george orwell 1984 #science fiction #sci-fi #english cinema #richard burton #john hurt #suzanna hamilton

[josefksays]

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

#Nineteen Eighty-Four #1984 #dates #diary #40 years in 2024 #and actually filmed on the date #Winston Smith #George Orwell #quotes

[upst--rs]

Keep the small rules, break the big ones Keep the small rules, the small rules are the easy ones For the people who will tell you how to live The small rules are the only ones they care about or understand

When the leader singer of a punk rock band daylights as a community college history professor and sprinkles in subtle Orwell references exactly like you expect he would. I love this sh*t.

(Also The Secret Police, from one of their EPs; "so many things happen, when you're not around / you know it kind of makes me want to write it all down . . . say goodbye to your diary / and hello, to the Secret Police") ... great track, equal parts melancholy and infectious.

#the rentiers #punk rock #punk #george orwell #1984 #nineteen eighty-four #music #philadelphia #Bandcamp

[ozu-teapot]

Nineteen Eighty-Four | TV | Rudolph Cartier | 1954

Peter Cushing

#Peter Cushing #Rudolph Cartier #Nigel Kneale #Nineteen Eighty-Four #1954 #Nineteen Eighty Four #TV

[gqdfather]

Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1984. Dir. by Michael Radford.

#michael radford #roger deakins #john hurt #suzanna hamilton #richard burton #nineteen eighty-four #1984 #george orwell #80s film #colour #cinema #cinematography #filmisnotdead #film scenes #silhouette

[cosmoglass]

My observations playing 'The Last Guardian' for the first time

The stained glass eyes make The Nest like a surveillance prison. Big Brother is watching you. Inspirations for The Nest – I Carceri by Piranesi, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Kung Fu Panda, Avatar.

I showed footage of the game to an art historian and he said the architecture looked like it was inspired by Indian temples, Angkor Wat and Palenque. Piranesi was supposedly inspired by Roman ruins with vines and trees growing over them.

There's a noise the boy makes when he’s climbing that sounds exactly like Link when he lands from too great a height in Ocarina of Time.

Movies Fumito Ueda might have been inspired by -

The Jungle Book – Mowgli is raised by wolves and needs to get back to the man-village, King Louie's lair is an Indian temple ruin. The Neverending Story - Falkor The Rescuers Down Under – the runway scene Kung Fu Panda – the prison Avatar - outdoor areas of The Nest make me think of Pandora, Toruk (the flying creature).

Movies inspired by The Last Guardian -

Jumanji: The Next Level – the apparatus in the scene with the apes. The Last Guardian is also referenced in the first movie when the poster for the game is shown on someone’s wall.

#the last guardian #big brother is watching you #i carceri #piranesi #nineteen eighty-four #george orwell #kung fu panda #indian temple #angkor wat #palenque #roman ruins #ocarina of time #the jungle boook #mowgli #raised by wolves #king louie #the neverending story #the rescuers down under #avatar #jumanji #jumanji the next level #jumanji welcome to the jungle #pandora #falkor #fumito ueda

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

[The New Yorker]

* * * *

O’Brien: "The real power, the power we have to fight for night and day, is not power over things, but over men." "How does one man assert his power over another Winston?"

Winston: "By making him suffer."

O'Brien: "Power is inflicting pain and humiliation. Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing."

"Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power."

—George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-four pp 219-220 (1949) [Scott Horton]

#quotes #George orwell #Nineteen Eighty-four #power #dictatorship

[anotheruserwithnoname]

The censoring of Roald Dahl’s books by “sensitivity readers” is possibly the most explicit example of Orwell’s 1984 coming real that I have seen to date. CNN contributor Holly Thomas makes a good point at the end of her criticism of the idea: if an older work can’t fit into the mores of the present, then let it fade away rather than trying to shoehorn today’s values into it. Yes, I know it’s happened before - Dahl himself revised his own works - but the big difference is the author oversaw those changes, much like how George Lucas (for better or for worse) revises Star Wars: A New Hope periodically. But this is like a theoretical situation where Lucas has passed away and someone like Uwe Boll (google him) decides to revise A New Hope.

If the current publishers of Dahl’s books feel they are unpalatable today, then stop publishing them. Those who want to read the books will be able to seek out second-hand copies or find them at a library, just like the thousands of authors over the years whose work has fallen into obscurity (ever hear of Maria Edgeworth? If you lived in the mid-1800s she was a huge name). Of course the publisher won’t get any money from such a thing...

#roald dahl #publishing #censorship #george orwell #nineteen eighty-four

[postersbykeith]

#quotes #George Orwell #nineteen eighty-four #object of terrorism #oppression #torture #murder

[k-star-holic]

The winner is Anna' Bae Suzy!

#Bae Suzy #Narco-Saints #Nineteen Eighty-Four #Blue Dragon #Choi Min-sik #Best Actress Award #Tony Awards #Ha Jung-woo #Anna