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Ironic considering Orwell plagiarized the plot of 1984 in the first place.
by 5cotto 6y ago
Ironic considering Orwell plagiarized the plot of 1984 in the first place.
- rightbyte 6y agoPlagiarized of what by who?
- HarryHirsch 6y agoHe may be talking about the underrated Swastika Nights. A new world, after memory of the old one has been erased is part of the plot, as is a secret manuscript. That said, stories and plots have been retold ever since the beginning of literature. Here's a lovely article about various versions of the well-known story about the Baalshem being asked to intercede for a sick child: https://brill.com/view/journals/jjtp/22/2/article-p127_2.xml https://brill.com/view/journals/jjtp/22/2/article-p127_2.xml
- grzm 6y agoYevgeny Zamyatin's We. (1921) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel)
- UncleSlacky 6y agoAlso Jack London's "The Iron Heel": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Heel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Heel
- jonny_eh 6y agoTaking inspiration isn't plagiarism
- Jon_Lowtek 6y agobooks of the same genre share motifs and themes
- Jon_Lowtek 6y agoH.G.Wells - The Sleeper Awakens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleeper_Awakes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleeper_Awakes
- maskedoffender 6y agoHe was inspired by C. S. Lewis' that hideous strength.
- lukifer 6y agoInteresting, I hadn't heard that, do we know that definitively? (THS was the only one of the Space Trilogy I never read, I should correct that.)
- zabzonk 6y agoOrwell reviewed That Hideous Strength and said it had some good points. But it's definitely the weakest in the trilogy, and definitely did not influence 1984 in any obvious way. Still worth reading, though.
- maskedoffender 6y agoIt's a very hard read. It took me several times to get into it.
- sideshowb 6y agoHaving read both I can't speak for where Orwell drew inspiration, but I never noticed any similarities
- karaterobot 6y agoI downvoted this, since it's a drive by insult without any kind of support provided.
- wrycoder 6y agoIf plot plagiarism was a crime or even morally reprehensible, half the books in my town library would have to be destroyed.