George orwell

[redcannon]

anybody care to give thier thoughts on orwell? also, how did he die? i can't find that info anywhere for some reason...

[Kropotkin Has a Posse]

He died from tuberculosis. Apparently he got it when he was working on a project in a poor neighbourhood.

Personally, I think that he was a fine writer; 1984 was one of the reasons I became more of a socialist.

[Pawn Power]

Don't mean to be rude, but fuckin' use the search funtion. There have been endless threads about Orwell.

[Resistencia]

George Orwell is a great writer! 1984 certainly is a must-read for everyone!

[redcannon]

Originally posted by Pawn [email protected] 12, 2007 09:56 pm
Don't mean to be rude, but fuckin' use the search funtion. There have been endless threads about Orwell.
if you were trying not to be rude, you wouldn't treat me like an idiot. I couldn't for the life of me find out how he died, also i heard from somewhere that his death was some conspiracy or another... so i though i'd ask.

[Sir_No_Sir]

I absolutely loved 1984-it pretty much rekindled my love for writing,photography, and the arts.

[Tekun]

Originally posted by redcannon+February 15, 2007 05:40 am--> (redcannon @ February 15, 2007 05:40 am)
Pawn [email protected] 12, 2007 09:56 pm
Don't mean to be rude, but fuckin' use the search funtion. There have been endless threads about Orwell.
if you were trying not to be rude, you wouldn't treat me like an idiot. I couldn't for the life of me find out how he died, also i heard from somewhere that his death was some conspiracy or another... so i though i'd ask. [/b]
Don't worry about it, some of us act like idiots sometimes
Just make sure u use the search button everytime, and if u still can't find anything, go ahead and post it
Everyone's a stickler about the search button because we've covered lots of subjects in the past, and its easier to find info looking through filtered old threads than it is to post and possibly get an incorrect or ambiguous answer
The search button is your friend.....

[welshred]

Orwell was a great writer. Although I personally thought animal farm was better than 1984.

[che-Rabbi]

Of all the big name authors he has to be my favorite. What he wrote was profound and full of messages but presented in a non-threatening manner so anyone could enjoy it.

[QUOTE]Orwell was a great writer. Although I personally thought animal farm was better than 1984.

Blasphemy!

[The Anarchist Prince]

1984 is my favorite book ever. Keep The Aspidistra Flying was also a very good book. Probably has the most humor out of Orwells works.

[Qwerty Dvorak]

I think Orwell's 2 main works, 1984 and Animal Farm, are vastly over-rated. First of all Animal Farm, though I personally think it was a very good read (well written and such), didn't really provide any new astounding political insight, I mean for God's sake he could have just copied out a school textbook and changed the people to animals. I also think that 1984 is a terrible book. It's just so very dull and monotonous, I was hard-pressed to see it through to the end.

[Hate Is Art]

Agreed. Orwell is monotonous, derivitive and cliche riden. Don't bore yourself with the snore fest that is 1984, read something beautiful.

[The Grey Blur]

Homage To Catalonia is a great book. Find it, read it, and enjoy.

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16, 2007 08:59 pm
I think Orwell's 2 main works, 1984 and Animal Farm, are vastly over-rated. First of all Animal Farm, though I personally think it was a very good read (well written and such), didn't really provide any new astounding political insight, I mean for God's sake he could have just copied out a school textbook and changed the people to animals.
Well it is, that is the whole point. But you also must consider when the work was written. It was written during the second world war, before the majority of the revelations regarding Stalin came about.

As for 1984 being terrible, I rather suspect that you simply have terrible taste and a short attention span.

[Qwerty Dvorak]

Well it is, that is the whole point. But you also must consider when the work was written. It was written during the second world war, before the majority of the revelations regarding Stalin came about.
Perhaps, but there was still rampant fear of Stalinism in Europe at the time. Also Stalin's show trials would have at this time already been publicized (I think), and well, not all would have been fooled.


As for 1984 being terrible, I rather suspect that you simply have terrible taste and a short attention span.
I'm terribly sorry, I just found the book to be intolerably bland, as if completely devoid of life or emotion. That doesn't make for very enthralling reading, whether it's the point of the story or not.

[Guerrilla22]

Homage to Catalonia- great
1984-shit
Animal Farm-absolute shit

[SanPatricio'sSoul]

Originally posted by Permanent [email protected] 17, 2007 12:02 am
Homage To Catalonia is a great book. Find it, read it, and enjoy.
I finished it recently, its one of my favorite books. Um Keep the Aspidra flying is also a great book, and I might have to give that a re-read.

[Hate Is Art]

Homage To Catalonia and Down And Out are brilliant books, 1984 is handy is you need to make a fire.

[redcannon]

why all the bashing of animal farm and 1984? You people don't seem to realize that not every book you read is going to be full of emotion and life. Orwell got his message across in both of those books, and i think he did it very well.