Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

[Reforged]

Thoughts?

Orwell is retarded....

"I worked out an anarchistic theory that all government is evil, that the punishment always does more harm than the crime and the people can be trusted to behave decently if you will only let them alone."
-George Orwell

Also I'd like recommendations on my next read.

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/Goldman/toc.html (free version)
http://www.amazon.com/Anarchism-Essays-B...B000FC1F7K

Anarchism and Other Essays
by Emma Goldman (1910)

Why do I get the feeling you quickly googled George Orwell, found that quote then made the assumption based on that quote he was an anarchist because he called his theory anarchistic then quickly used google to find someone against anarchism?
He wasn't an anarchist by the way, he was a socialist.

Have you even read any book of his or are you just being an argumentative ass for the sake of it?

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1984 was exponentially better than Animal Farm. It should be listed under horror, though. *shudders*

If heavy reading is what you are doing, I would suggest Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. It's like wading through molasses, but it is damn good in a creepy, depressing Russian way.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding, if you haven't read it yet. Light reading, heavy content.

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. It's the best of all of them, if you ask me. Heavy reading. You could kill someone with that book, I think.

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Not difficult to read.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury -- Holy shit this is a good book. Very light reading. It is not long at all, but damn is it creepy. Very Orwellian.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee -- another easy one with some damn good content. This is an absolute must read.

Sorry to suggest so many. I could never have suggested one.

I read To Kill A Mockingbird and I must agree. I haven't got a copy anymore, I should definitely reacquire it. The rest I've heard of and will definitely look into. I think I'll start with Lord of the Flies first. Alot of people have read it and I feel alittle left out.

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A true classic. I need to get another copy of it, I haven't read it since just after high school.

Until then, I'm doing my seventh annual reading of House of Leaves, by Mark Z. Danielewski. Probably the best horror novel ever written. I recommend it to everybody.

Can't say I've heard of it but I'll definitely give it ago. Could you give me a hint as to what its about?