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So Are We Living in 1984?
Ian Crouch – The New Yorker, 17 Jun 2013

Since last week’s revelations of US domestic surveillance, George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” which was published 64 years ago on Sat. 8 June 2013, has enjoyed a massive spike in sales. It has been invoked by voices as disparate as Nicholas Kristof and Glenn Beck. Even Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old leaker, sounded like he’d been guided by Orwell’s pen.

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