tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434966004083105957.post1490126374286742978..comments2023-03-29T12:16:13.163-04:00Comments on Formerly A&A: 1984A&Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00199451832512165484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434966004083105957.post-3088060519656461482009-05-25T12:36:49.885-04:002009-05-25T12:36:49.885-04:00I think I'm still going to read it. Unless you con...I think I'm still going to read it. Unless you convince me in some other way that it's a bad idea.<br /><br />When I'm done I'll come back and comment again ;)K-Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135302811336985676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434966004083105957.post-81383613151500554612009-05-21T12:27:11.796-04:002009-05-21T12:27:11.796-04:00Good point, the critique of language in the book w...Good point, the critique of language in the book was really fascinating, especially the appendixes about Newspeak. The idea of erasing instincts by erasing the words for them was a bit of a stretch, but it was interesting how the limit on language limited human expression, and the implications of that.A&Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00199451832512165484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434966004083105957.post-23032310246264008282009-05-21T12:20:45.006-04:002009-05-21T12:20:45.006-04:00that's what i thought also. but i read awful books...that's what i thought also. but i read awful books differently from you. i can't make myself read the part about the rats/torture, and i don't in any way love the book. but it is in my very subjective opinion, one of the most thought provoking books ever written, did you remember the part where, the girl ( Anna? i haven't read in a huge while) and Winston are trying to describe a lemon, and you read that Big Brother has erased words from use so people couldn't express themselves, etc.Lil'NancyDrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792392249233165514noreply@blogger.com