Foreword, Churchill, Orwell, old hat and all that
Otto
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Sat Apr 26 13:29:20 CDT 2003
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From: "Terrance"
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: Foreword, Churchill, Orwell, old hat and all that
>
> 1984 is a wonderful book, but it is not a prophetic text, its author
> could only see what was ahead and not too far into the future.
>
This is true about GR too. Both novels are warnings against technologically
advanced totalitarism.
Otto
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