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[–] srgmpdns 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago  (edited ago)

It's 2084… Big Sister watches over you, protects you, gives you directions, answers all your questions… Winston Smith is just a guy who wants to live free, make dank memes and procreate… O'Brien is a pudgy green haired androgyne… the Two Minutes Hate is directed towards George Washington Moneybags, the arch-capitalist. Practically writes itself.

But seriously, there is a sort of sequel/tribute/commentary to 1984, written by the guy who wrote a Clockwork Orange:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_(Anthony_Burgess_novel)

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[–] blueblur [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Having been informed that Bessie will be ejected from the care facility because he refuses to recant his beliefs, he returns to London. In need of an income and a place to live, he joins a network called The Free Britons, which aims to provide infrastructure and order during the increasing strike-related chaos sweeping Britain. Bev effectively sells his daughter as a wife to a wealthy sheik, who takes a fancy to her during a visit to the Al-Dorchester, reasoning that at least this way she will be safe and satisfied. Meanwhile, he discovers that The Free Britons is a front for an Islamic group aiming at the re-establishment of Britain as a Muslim state.

Publication date

2 October 1978

Holy shit Goats!