That’s what George Orwell would say if he could visit our world, 75 years after he wrote his final novel, "1984." Orwell sought to demonstrate the dangers not just of totalitarianism but of a world ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big Brother, the all-seeing dictator in 1984, as seen in the film version of the novel released in 1984 starring John Hurt as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The influence of George Orwell’s “1984” continues to be relevant in today’s scary world. Any discussion of authoritarianism, ...

While George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece '1984' may be more relevant in today's society than ever before, there were ...

The organizations behind Banned Books Week based this year's theme, "Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights," on Orwell's sobering story to show we may be closer in real life to his dystopia than ...

With permission from the Orwell estate, Sandra Newman's latest novel takes place in the same world and with many of the same characters as 1984, but retold through the eyes of Winston Smith's love ...

In his 1949 review, Lionel Trilling writes that George Orwell’s “1984” is about a state power that was coercing, not ...

JULIA: A Retelling of George Orwell’s 1984. By Sandra Newman. Mariner Books. 400 pages. $30. It’s hard to imagine a bleaker world than that of Orwell’s 1984. In Airstrip One, Oceania, everyone’s ...

Why hasn’t Hollywood made a truly great '1984' movie? George Orwell’s dystopia has a built-in audience, and huge box office ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly 200 independent movie theaters across the United States on Tuesday screened the film version of George Orwell's "1984" novel about a dystopian future, in what organizers ...