George Orwell’s 1984: Great Sci-Fi Books Explained

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@IRosamelia 5 күн бұрын

Hi Darrel! I pretty much think these deep dives are the best type of content in your channel. I read 1984 more than a decade ago and enjoy refreshing my memory with your visually stricking videos. This one is superb! I don't know if I ever mentioned this here but Yeonmi Park, a north korean defector turned youtuber said she was deeply moved by 1984 as it reminded her so much of her country's current situation. 😢

@joebrooks4448 5 күн бұрын

Outstanding work! Sharing with many. This has been a major topic all 62 years I have read SF. Authors/readers learn from each other, what SF used to be about. Many, myself included, think A E van Vogt is a very significant and influential figure in SF literature. But, he was minimized by a few critics who could not comprehend some of his work or did not until decades later. van Vogt’s 1945 “The World of Null A” was published in the US and British editions of Astounding 4 years prior to George Orwell’s 1949 printing and release of “Nineteen Eighty - Four”. “Null A” likely influenced Orwell/Blair. van Vogt uses concepts from Korzybski’s General Semantics to promote retaining for mankind, word meanings, sane philosophies, and the importance of succeeding generation’s ability to read and understand the written and spoken words of human history. van Vogt demonstrates this generational passing of knowledge in “Null A” thru analogy, by having his main character Gilbert Gosseyn [Go-Sane], die several times to reawaken in duplicate bodies with his memory intact - “time binding”. Orwell is not so esoteric. His appendix in Nineteen Eighty - Four describing Newspeak as a way of destroying the past and rewriting History is very clear on this subject, and it is critically important literature. Doublethink = Hegelian Dialectic, which has been used extensively for 2 centuries, now. RAH seems to take a shot at this topic in 1959’s “Starship Troopers” with his History and Moral Philosophy high school classes replacing Newspeak/General Semantics. All 3 authors successfully approach this topic. I would also suggest Keith Laumer's "A Plague of Demons." The incredibly good 1950s BBC Peter Cushing version of Nineteen Eighty - Four is available on KZbin, free. Thank you and your team for this critically important video.

@xapa8962 5 күн бұрын

Forever my favourite book.

@jwnmt 3 күн бұрын

Another absolutely fabulous analysis of a very important piece of literature. There are so many elements present in this book that continually frighten me in modern society. Thank you so much for this and keep up the good work.

@ozymandiasultor9480 5 күн бұрын

There are 3 written slogans of the party, but there is another fourth, untold which is "Love is Hate", something that Wiston has to discover himself, O'Brian does not tell him what to say in room 101 to take that mask with rats, Winston had to discover hate toward Julia because only Big Brother can be loved. Something that was always strange to me was the work that Wiston does. He is changing titles, pictures, and texts in the newspaper, but who is buying that newspaper, and if there is a way someone to buy a copy, how will that copy be changed by the work that Winston does? I don't think that is very clear. And one thing that Orwell was wrong about is the proles, which he describes almost as subhuman, not worthy of the all-seeing eye of the party. In fact, just 15 percent of the population, the outer party is checked on a regular level. I don't think any totalitarian society has the luxury to leave so much of the population unchecked, in fact, no one should be out of the allseeing eye of the Big Brother.

@Copeharder00 5 күн бұрын

Awesome deep dive! Could you do a deep dive on Roadside picnic?

@Alkemisti 5 күн бұрын

Over a decade ago, I read a piece of news from a scientific magazine that some scientists have come up with a theoretical way to record dreams. It was portrayed as something cool and awesome, but consider the possibility that in some distant-ish future, government officials could literally be able to look at your thoughts.

@MrRosebeing 3 сағат бұрын

Along with Animal Farm, by far my favourite book.

@Paul_McSeol 5 күн бұрын

What’s amazing in the modern era is how both sides of the political spectrum are so keen to label the other “Orwellian.” It has become a major attack that resonates with our deepest fears about being controlled. Amazing novel.

@joebrooks4448 5 күн бұрын

Agreed. But both sides have adopted many of the worst aspects of Lenin, Hitler and Mao.

@delfinigor 5 күн бұрын

Big Brother is not a person, he is a system.

@captainmemesusa4014 5 күн бұрын

NICE

@NaliniKluth 4 күн бұрын

Hi Darrell! Have you ever thought of Julia being in on it right from moment Winston became suspicious as O'Brien's decoy? Which, of course, makes the situation of Winston even more hopeless.

@SuperNova-py1ec 5 күн бұрын

I need to comment before I have watched the video! So glad you have covered this book. Probably the book that has had the most impact on me whilst reading it. Recently listened to the Audible audiobook which was excellent. The 1984 film of 1984 was also great. Burton as O’Brien was one of his best roles. Anyway off to watch the video. Thanks for posting!