1984//1985?

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Hi Greg!

Nice to hear from you again. I thought of Burgess myself
when the news of Pynchon forewording "1984" hit the list. But
not having read _1985_, I was thinking of _A Clockwork Orange_,
and the use of Russian Slang by Alex and his Droogies, with
it's Newspeak-like glossary at the end. Also, the aversive
conditioning aspects of ACWO seem to have been influenced
by "1984." Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.

respectfully


In a message dated 5/1/2003 2:23:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
greg.montalbano at ucop.edu writes:


> Been unsubscribed for a few years -- just looking through the recent 
> archives
> & noticed many posts concerning 1984 & "what Orwell REALLY meant".
> 
> Was wondering if anyone has mentioned the Anthony Burgess novel "1985"?
> Still available through a number of used book outlets -- half a novel, and 
> half a collection of essays & "self-interviews", it offers some interesting 
> 
> perspectives from a British author who had some familiarity with WWII, 
> Orwell, British government then and now, and the modern world (including 
> the US of A) that Orwell never lived to see.
> 
> Worth looking at....
> 
> ~GMM
> 
> 

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