“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.”
Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. While 1984 has come & gone, Orwell's narrative is more timely that ever. 1984 presents a "negative utopia," that is at once a startling & haunting vision of the world—-so powerful that it's completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the power of this novel, its hold on the imaginations of entire generations of readers, or the resiliency of its admonitions—a legacy that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.