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Had To Shoot An Elephant Today. Mood: (,_,)

Alvy Ampersand — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:32:18 -0800

GYOB: George Orwell's Blog, brought to you by The Orwell Prize. "August 9, 1938: Caught a large snake in the herbaceous border beside the drive..." And here's a collection of essays, if the lone entry has you hankering for more Orwell.

Face the telescreen

Abiezer — Sun, 06 May 2007 06:03:11 -0800

Nineteen Eighty-Four (YouTube) Nigel Kneale's BBC adaptation of the Orwell classic; made in 1954, with Peter Cushing as Winston Smith.

Orwell Redux

Blazecock Pileon — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:52:19 -0800

George Orwell né Eric Arthur Blair is probably best known to readers for his eerily prescient novels 1984 and Animal Farm. This comprehensive Orwell site betrays an erudite, complex, fascinating personality who wrote about a variety of subjects, from an exposition on British class relations affecting the art and practice of murder, to the complex moral compromises of Gandhi's practice of non-violent resistance, to the doublespeak-laden corruption of the English language as a telling reflection of a corrupt, brutal, post-WWII culture — and much, much more. This site also includes Russian translations of much of Orwell's work.