Guernica, prelude to The Blitz

barbara100 at jps.net barbara100 at jps.net
Mon May 12 21:50:31 CDT 2003


You keep harping on this, Terrance. I was thinking about it on the train
today you been sayin' it so much.  Why would you expect him to come all out
with it in '84's Foreword? That would be rude. Take the spotlight away from
Orwell? No, our man has tact.
I think he did it brilliantly. He stuck mainly to Orwell, paid his due
respect, but threw in enough circa 2003's to give it modern-day appeal.
Too bad for you who think it's shitty or deficient just a cranky old rant...

Original Message -----
From: "Terrance" <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
> PS I expected him to say something about how the USA is now a
> super-arrogant power and that the government is more fascist today than
> it has been since 1984, but of course he disappointed me. But who the
> hell am I?




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