Definitely a generational thing. The 'kids' just wouldn't get it. They think that 'books' are simply a large number of words in the same place... I despair for the future on a daily basis.
I've got 1984 on my Kindle app. I tried reading it but couldn't get into it. I'm going to try again over the summer. If I still don't like it I'll move on to The Haindmaid's Tale.
1984 is not an easy book - in many ways. My brother tried 3-4 times before he finished it. He said that it was just too depressing for it to hold his attention. I was given it to read by my English teacher who obviously saw something in me that needed some Orwell in my life. She was one of those few people I hold as being instrumental in making me the reader that I am and even the person that I am. Not many teachers would lend their own prize copy of 1984 to an 11 year old working class kid. Needless to say it completely blew me away and I haven't looked back since. I think 1984 planted the seed of my political philosophy that emerged more than a decade later.......
Oh, and isn't it interesting how many classic and new dystopia's are around these days? [grin]
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bare bones irony here, indicating generational confusion... funnier the more i think about it...
Definitely a generational thing. The 'kids' just wouldn't get it. They think that 'books' are simply a large number of words in the same place... I despair for the future on a daily basis.
I've got 1984 on my Kindle app. I tried reading it but couldn't get into it. I'm going to try again over the summer. If I still don't like it I'll move on to The Haindmaid's Tale.
1984 is not an easy book - in many ways. My brother tried 3-4 times before he finished it. He said that it was just too depressing for it to hold his attention. I was given it to read by my English teacher who obviously saw something in me that needed some Orwell in my life. She was one of those few people I hold as being instrumental in making me the reader that I am and even the person that I am. Not many teachers would lend their own prize copy of 1984 to an 11 year old working class kid. Needless to say it completely blew me away and I haven't looked back since. I think 1984 planted the seed of my political philosophy that emerged more than a decade later.......
Oh, and isn't it interesting how many classic and new dystopia's are around these days? [grin]
I think it's too relevant for pleasure reading. That might be what's bothering me.
I know what you mean. Why dystopian fantasy is less realistic than the daily news there's something very wrong with the world.
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