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1984 by George Orwell (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by fujiwood@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world

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After about thirteen years I decided to give this a reread and realized I did forget a lot of it. It took longer to read due to the parallels between the state of the world and it's themes. I kept having to put it down for a few days. Most of the book is a simple read with only the last third becoming emotionally more difficult.

It's a disheartening book but I think it's something people should read regardless, at least once.

Thanks for reading!

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[–] fujiwood@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance

watches the news

"Well."

Now I actually do want to read it.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves To Death is where that quote is from. It's not a fiction book, more an analysis of how the entertainment industry has changed public discourse in 1985, but I still found it an interesting (and concerning) read.

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Brave New World is definitely the more prescient of the two.

1984 has elements to it that have come true, but the overall theme of BNW of oversaturation of entertainment is definitely accurate to reality nowadays.