1984—George Orwell
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This is Orwell's classic vision of an extreme totalitarian society. Once considered futuristic, it now conjures fear because of how closely it fits the reality of contemporary times. Newspeak, doublethink, thoughtcrime—in 1984, George Orwell created a whole vocabulary of words concerning totalitarian control that have since passed into our common vocabulary. More importantly, he has portrayed a chillingly believable scenario of a society in which everything is controlled. In our deeply anxious world, the seeds of unthinking conformity are everywhere in evidence; and Big Brother is always looking for his chance.
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