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Originally Posted by Cooling

I've just finished reading 1984 and A Brave New World, they were both excellent for different reasons. Obviously I enjoyed the distopian world presented in Huxley's book, it seemed a little more plausible, and much more sinister. 1984 didn't grab me as much, perhaps because it seemed a little too bleak. As a 'thought provoking' book it was much better though. I particularly enjoyed the reflections on the use of newspeak to limit and control thought. But that is mostly because I have an academic interest in the philosophy of language.

I've never read A Brave New World, but it definitely sounds like one for the summer.