BNW has always seemed much more alien to me than 1984. When I first read it as a teenager it seemed incomprehensible and somewhat insane. Now as I get older an

BNW has always seemed much more alien to me than 1984. When I first read it as a teenager it seemed incomprehensible and somewhat insane. Now as I get older and get to better understand (still very modestly!) people in general and the structures of power, it seems like a much better informed take on our society