Doublethink. Newspeak. Hate Week. Thought Police. All are phrases that don’t sound too terribly out of context in a world of “alternative facts” and Days of Patriotism. The terms, though, originated nearly 70 years ago in George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, which is eerily finding traction and resonance again today: The famed dystopian novel of life in a totalitarian state sat at No. 6 on Amazon’s bestseller list Tuesday morning.
It’s not the first time in recent memory that 1984 has appeared on the charts. In 2013, the book also blipped onto the bestseller list–likely because the NSA surveillance scandal at the time sounded frighteningly reminiscent of Big Brother.
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