Sales of "1984" increasing by 10,000%, that's astonishing.
There's a short story in his collected essays that I want to post about on here, but I can't find my copy ?! It's unnervingly current, as though Orwell is writing today. Somebody on the thread previously mentioned certain Samsung tvs which could hear what you were saying if you stood close enough. I know it was the voice activation option, but this is 1984 in action, with the two way screen in every home.