I finally read it. It took me far too long, but I finally found time to sit down and read 1984. What is there to say about this book? It set the bar for every totalitarian-​themed novel, T.V. show, movie and video game that was to come. You know what else? After read­ing the book itself, I can actu­ally say that 1984 does it better than any movie ever could.

1984 paints a future (well alright, past tech­ni­cally) where there is no law, and yet every­one fears to break it. A land so poor, yet con­stantly boast­ing it’s over-​manufacturing. A world so con­trolled, that the past lit­er­ally changes to suit the need of the ruling class. It depicts such a cul­tural and soci­etal waste­land that noth­ing else really quite compares.

1984 is terrifying.