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Galatea

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Thank you to all the people who voted and are interested in reading a book and discussing its merits, or lack thereof, and our impressions- whether they are brand new or if they are second or subsequent impressions. The book with the highest number of votes was 1984 by George Orwell. Here is a link to a downloadable version of the book as well as an audio version for people who may not want to read, but may want to listen to the book.

After looking at the book, I think we can read the first chapter in a week- it comprises twenty-five pages, so that should not be too much to read in a week's time. I propose that we meet again next Wednesday to discuss the first three chapters. Anyone is welcome to join, even if you did not vote, or if you choose not to read the book but want to post comments to what others post. It is all inclusive. :)

https://archive.org/details/Orwell1984preywo

http://www.planetebook.com/ebooks/1984.pdf

audio version: https://archive.org/details/George-Orwell-1984-Audio-book/1984-01.mp3
 
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Galatea said:
Thank you to all the people who voted and are interested in reading a book and discussing its merits, or lack thereof, and our impressions- whether they are brand new or if they are second or subsequent impressions. The book with the highest number of votes was 1984 by George Orwell. Here is a link to a downloadable version of the book as well as an audio version for people who may not want to read, but may want to listen to the book.

After looking at the book, I think we can read the first chapter in a week- it comprises twenty-five pages, so that should not be too much to read in a week's time. I propose that we meet again next Wednesday to discuss the first three chapters. Anyone is welcome to join, even if you did not vote, or if you choose not to read the book but want to post comments to what others post. It is all inclusive. :)

https://archive.org/details/Orwell1984preywo

http://www.planetebook.com/ebooks/1984.pdf

audio version: https://archive.org/details/George-Orwell-1984-Audio-book/1984-01.mp3
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Oh this will be so fun, if in doublethink fun is dark dystopian fantasy and dark dystopian fantasy is fun lol. Whew I'm going to be reading three books at once, I better wrap up the Aeneid in the next two days. Down the memory hole we go!
 
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And for those of us who will like to get an A, but forget to read the book only to remember the test is that day....

[video=youtube;h9JIKngJnCU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9JIKngJnCU[/video]
 
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Yahweh_is_gracious

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I am very much looking forward to this. So much so that I will put aside my other books that I am currently reading to focus my attentions on the book we've selected.
 
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Tasha-Pasha

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Oh! Can I join the book club? This is one of my favourite books of all times!
 
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I hope some of your comments on the book, 1984 will be posted where we all can read them.
I did not like the book, at all, so it will be interesting to see remarks that may be more favorable.
 
zeroturbulence

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I was alive in 1984 so i don't even have to read it!! :D
 
Willie-T

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zeroturbulence said:
I was alive in 1984 so i don't even have to read it!! :D
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No, there is no point in reading it in my opinion. Although, the year 1984 was nothing like the book... and even today seems to only be the subtle beginning of a possible time like that.

But it is all too plainly seen that we definitely ARE a people who can be (and even right this minute, are) easily manipulated by what others want us to believe.
 
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Galatea

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Tasha-Pasha said:
Oh! Can I join the book club? This is one of my favourite books of all times!
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Yes, of course you may join. The more, the merrier. :) I like Seven Brides and Seven Brothers, Ever After, The Princess Bride too. :) I'll make a thread next Wednesday for the first chapter.
 
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Galatea

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Willie-T said:
I hope some of your comments on the book, 1984 will be posted where we all can read them.
I did not like the book, at all, so it will be interesting to see remarks that may be more favorable.
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Yes, of course. Please feel free to comment, too. Even though you are not reading it again. I'm curious to see what others' impressions are. It's all inclusive.
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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Eric Blair/George Orwell reminds me of Vincent Price.

I enjoyed it despite itself. Palpable, depressing, but a good read nonetheless.
 
Desdichado

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Was it Cromwell or Orwell
Who first led you to the stairwell
That leads only forever to Kingdom Come?

Rushed along by guiding hands
Whispers of the Promised Land
They wished you luck and handed you a gun


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Desdichado

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From "Anthem for a Doomed Youth" by the Libertines. A song I'm still trying to figure out.
 
zeroturbulence

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Now I wish I didn't fry my tablet by trying to jailbreak it so I could free up some RAM. It was the perfect-sized reader for me... :(
 
zeroturbulence

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OK, I read the first 13 pages last night and I really wanted to like it, I really did... but alas I found the text to be so overbearingly descriptive that I got to a point where I just wanted to gag. I understand that the time period in which the book was written requires the author to be very descriptive (since he's describing a futuristic world) but I require a lot more meat and potatoes and a lot less mustard and mayo. So I will have to wait until the next book club... au revior, my little bookworms...
 
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Since you guys seem to only be doing a chapter at a time, I will hold back.

In the first chapter, I find the depth of Wilson Smith's observance and awareness of others to be refreshing, and something a lot of people seem to have gotten away from today.

Conversely, I was also struck by his inward awareness that there had been more to the life he was supposed to be living (according to "them"), and he was unwilling to abandon those memories.
 
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How are we supposed to do this now? For instance, I see Willie has
said that Winston was unwilling to give up his memories, while I
remember reading that Winston could not remember any earlier time.

He tried to squeeze out some childhood memory that should tell him whether
London had always been quite like this... But it was no use, he could not
remember: nothing remained of his childhood except a series of bright lit
tableaux occurring against no background and mostly unintelligible.
 
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