Re: 1984: best ever

On Mar 23, 2:06 pm, johan.g.lar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 18, 7:06 pm, Pork <x...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "the Bede" <rspwsowntheb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > and take Bert Clarke with you!
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> > Damn. Another one bites the dust.
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> > RIP
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> > PS Childhood's End = greatest sf novel ever?
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> My pick is 1984. It was one of the top ten best-sellers of the
> twentieth century, addressed an important issue (the threat of
> communism), is often studied in formal and critical settings, and left
> an imprint on our language in words like "newspeak" and "Big Brother".

Maybe not "best" but it's arguably the most important/influential SF
novel, perhaps even the most influential novel overall, of the 20th
century. If only for making people aware of the ends and mechanisms of
dictatorship.