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Kashmir75 
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 Posted: March 03 2010 at 21:56 |
^Haha!
If that were the case, I would have voted for Maiden's Brave New World over Halen's 1984; rather than Orwell's 1984 over Huxley's Brave New World!  |
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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motrhead
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Posted: May 16 2010 at 04:18 |
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I really like 1984 and I've read it many times. Brave New World sucks. My favourite novel in the Dystopian genre is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury -it's actually my favourite book period at the moment.
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lucas
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Posted: May 16 2010 at 10:03 |
 Kashmir75 wrote:
^Haha!
If that were the case, I would have voted for Maiden's Brave New World over Halen's 1984; rather than Orwell's 1984 over Huxley's Brave New World! |
You forgot about Anthony Phillips '1984'...
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 19 2010 at 00:25 |
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I've read We and Brave New World but not Nineteen Eighty-Four (but I do now own a copy).
I have also read a Jerome K. Jerome short story which We is slightly based on and next I am going to read H.G. Wells' two versions of When the Sleeper Awakes/The Sleeper Wakes, as apparently that was also an influence of Zamyatin or Huxley.
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Okocha
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Posted: May 24 2010 at 13:58 |
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Brave New World
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Mr Greeen Genes
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Posted: June 14 2010 at 00:09 |
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I voted for Brave New World. I like them both a lot. But 1984 bored me at times until the 3rd (last) section of the book...
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UndercoverBoy
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 18:56 |
Both are excellent, but Nineteen Eighty-Four takes the cake in plot, storytelling, characters and message. It haunts me on how accurately it portrays the evils of ignorance and totalitarianism, even if its predictions on governments and politics were a bit ambitious (but probably meant as allegory anyway.)
I will say that Brave New World's dystopia was more interesting, even if I found the general point to be a little ambiguous. I found the sex-obsessed society interesting, as well as the caste system and birthing process. The plot wasn't as interesting, for sure, but I liked how John was shunned just for having human parents.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 19:04 |
UndercoverBoy wrote:
Both are excellent, but Nineteen Eighty-Four takes the cake in plot, storytelling, characters and message. It haunts me on how accurately it portrays the evils of ignorance and totalitarianism, even if its predictions on governments and politics were a bit ambitious (but probably meant as allegory anyway.)
I will say that Brave New World's dystopia was more interesting, even if I found the general point to be a little ambiguous. I found the sex-obsessed society interesting, as well as the caste system and birthing process. The plot wasn't as interesting, for sure, but I liked how John was shunned just for having human parents. |
Totally agree with both points.
Have you read We by Russian author, Zamiatin?
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UndercoverBoy
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 19:09 |
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^No, but wasn't he an influence on both authors?
Edited by UndercoverBoy - June 22 2010 at 19:17
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 19:11 |
She? 
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UndercoverBoy
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 19:16 |
James wrote:
She?
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Yeah, so I know nothing about him. 
Fix'd it.
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A Person
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 19:25 |
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I can only find copies of We online, which is too bad for me. :(
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 19:27 |
I have a copy but I leant it to my brother... I'm not sure when I'll get it back. 
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The Quiet One
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 19:31 |
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^I lent 1984 to my cousin and still haven't got it back, haha.
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UndercoverBoy
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 19:36 |
I don't need to worry about losing my books. I always borrow from the library. 
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The Quiet One
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 19:46 |
^like CD's, I like having my own books 
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 24 2010 at 07:51 |
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I feel the same way. I don't know if I'll ever lend books out again from now on.
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The Truth
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Posted: June 24 2010 at 12:11 |
1984, probably because it's more compelling. I'm not entirely sure why I like it better. Dystopian literature is beast though, my favorite stuff 
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CinemaZebra
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Posted: June 24 2010 at 13:00 |
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Brazil.
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UndercoverBoy
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Posted: June 24 2010 at 13:06 |
CinemaZebra wrote:
Brazil. |
Well, considering Brazil was inspired by Nineteen Eighty-Four, I guess your vote goes there.
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