tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post7502222486815396580..comments2024-01-30T20:01:01.316+00:00Comments on Science Fiction & Fantasy: Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George OrwellAnthony G Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-25213928789142161222009-09-29T15:32:02.574+01:002009-09-29T15:32:02.574+01:00Thanks for posting the link. I found the essay ve...Thanks for posting the link. I found the essay very interesting. I can see some ideas there that appeared in both _1984_ and _Brave New World_, as well as _We_.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-48578393418609465642009-09-29T07:23:11.115+01:002009-09-29T07:23:11.115+01:00Someone has given me a link to the JKJ article onl...Someone has given me a link to the JKJ article online, here: http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/cultn/cultn014.pdfAnthony G Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-43569033583215688702009-09-27T21:13:26.728+01:002009-09-27T21:13:26.728+01:00Orwell said that he wrote _1984_ after having read...Orwell said that he wrote _1984_ after having read _We_.<br /><br />Orwell also said that Huxley was influenced by _We_, though Huxley has denied this.<br /><br />To make life even more interesting, some critics have cited Jerome K. Jerome's essay, "The New Utopia" (1891), as an influence on Zamyatin’s novel.<br /><br />I don't know the essay, but it does sound interesting.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-79494456140578005552009-09-27T12:13:38.565+01:002009-09-27T12:13:38.565+01:00I haven't read 'We' and it's been ...I haven't read 'We' and it's been a very long time since I read 'Brave New World'. I must put them on my list...Anthony G Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-78559470634480729812009-09-25T15:49:29.290+01:002009-09-25T15:49:29.290+01:00An excellent work and an excellent review.
What&#...An excellent work and an excellent review.<br /><br />What's interesting is to read Zamyatkin's _We_, Huxley's _Brave New World_, and Orwell's _1984_ in sequence.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.com