"1984" is suddenly a best-seller again in the United States

[MsAmerica]

Guess why...

www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/books/1984-george-orwell-donald-trump.html?_r=0

www.pbs.org/newshour/art/george-orwells-1984-best-seller-heres-resonates-now/

[Manumission]

Good.

[DioneTheDiabolist]

Good. It'a brilliant book. Everyone should read it.

[MsAmerica]

Indeed, Dione, it's always puzzled me how London, of all places, could submit to having all the cameras there, given that I would have thought 1984 was widely read there.

[DioneTheDiabolist]

We have all submitted to "having all the cameras there" OP. We carry them in our phones.

[frenchfancy]

I've just finished A Handmaid's Tale and that made me think of a future with Trump at the helm. Too close for comfort.

[Dustyroad63]

1984 is one of my all time favourite books. I read it every 5 years or so and never tire of it.

[MsAmerica]

Dusty, I not only don't tire of it, I've come to appreciate it more as the years go by - not just the ideas but the writing.

And I love Handmaid's Tale! I just read there's a television series of it...?

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

Was listening to R4 this morning and sales are up 95% in this country too. I really must reread it.