Orwell & Nineteen Eighty-Four

[Malignd]

<<He is an uncanny blend of erudition and whimsy.
It's what I like about him. He doesn't take himself,
nor his opinions too seriously. >>

All well and good that you like that about him.  But
you could say the same thing about Russell Baker or
Clive James or ... Art Linkletter.  Nothing wrong with
them, I suppose, but you're not likely to hear theirs
among names suggested for the Nobel Prize.

Orwell's a very particular figure--in his writing, in
his person, in his lingering effect and influence, a
complex and fascinating subject at many levels, to
whom Pynchon brings little insight and scant rigor.




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