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> It is a great book, and Orwell was spot on with so much of what he wrote. How did he do it? Not to diminish Orwell's prescience in any way, but Yevgeny Zamya
by Hoasi 6y ago
> It is a great book, and Orwell was spot on with so much of what he wrote. How did he do it?
Not to diminish Orwell's prescience in any way, but Yevgeny Zamyatin's novel We precedes Orwell's work by almost 30 years. It contains all the same themes, and without a shadow of a doubt, had a massive influence on Orwell's work.
- feralimal 6y agoI would suspect that Yevgeny Zamyatin would also have been privy to the plan. Aldous Huxley too.
- feralimal 6y agoAnd - to go further still - Orwell, Huxley (and perhaps Zamyatin) fulfil the 'Goldstein' role, IRL.
- Hoasi 6y ago> I would suspect that Yevgeny Zamyatin would also have been privy to the plan. Aldous Huxley too. No, they were not part of any plan if there was ever one. Yevgeny Zamyatin and Aldous Huxley were participants and observers of civil war, revolution, and its subsequent corruption by totalitarians. Their books are a testimony to that and a warning.
- pjc50 6y agoAh yes, a dissident who couldn't get published in his own country was obviously included.
- AlbertoGP 6y agoZamyatin’s novel is being made into a movie for next year: https://www.youtube.com/embed/BVLvQcO7JGk https://www.youtube.com/embed/BVLvQcO7JGk