tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post620039853215649111..comments2024-03-28T18:54:13.800-04:00Comments on alien romances: Why I write... alien romanceRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-10313454320869043992008-06-06T10:50:00.000-04:002008-06-06T10:50:00.000-04:00I adore Orwell.I think that if he was writing toda...I adore Orwell.<BR/><BR/>I think that if he was writing today he'd be considered a genre, rather than a literary, writer.<BR/><BR/>It's amazing how many of his ideas and words have become part of the language:<BR/><BR/>"Some are more equal than others"<BR/>"Big Brother is watching you"<BR/><BR/>One of my personal favorites is "Burmese Days,' a semi-autobiographical account of his time spent as a policeman in Burma.Agent Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14298234771874644507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-37743394206234874302008-06-03T08:53:00.000-04:002008-06-03T08:53:00.000-04:00George Orwell is a great thinker.His views shown i...George Orwell is a great thinker.<BR/>His views shown in "Animal Farm" are applicable to any social order in the past and in the present.<BR/>BTW,listen to "Animals" by Pink Floyd.The album of the famous rock band was inspired by the writing by George Orwell.Wise Owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707245858731750077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-4284015647304660182008-06-02T14:06:00.000-04:002008-06-02T14:06:00.000-04:00Hear, hear. I read Nineteen Eighty-Four I don't kn...Hear, hear. I read Nineteen Eighty-Four I don't know how many times. Amazing work, and relevant no matter the decade.Heather Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913459109753829391noreply@blogger.com