It was the first serious novel I ever read, I think.

I did my GCSE Open Study on it when I was 15!

If you like it, you should read 'Darkness at Noon' by Arthur Koestler - Koestler was a friend of Orwell's, and Orwell repaid that friendship by ripping off his novel in '1984'.

He may also have shopped Koestler to MI5, I'm not sure (he did that to quite a few of his mates) ...

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on February 17th 2006 at 00:17:27

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FAO PK/Mark Knopfler ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 17, 00:00:58
- I want to..... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 17, 00:06:53
  - Well what's stopping you then? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 17, 00:29:18
    - he can't read... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 17, 00:32:08
      - That's a socialist education for you ladies and gentlemen. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 17, 00:33:49
        
        cos that makes sense (n/m) (General Chat) - Baron, Feb 17, 00:36:39
        
        Which is kind of the point. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 17, 00:38:04
        
        cos that makes sense (General Chat) - Baron, Feb 17, 00:52:54
  - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 17, 00:09:48
    - have you read it? (n/m) (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 17, 00:13:05
      - a couple of times (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 17, 00:15:28
        
        It was the first serious novel I ever read, I think. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 17, 00:17:27
        
        I did Animal Farm at GCSE (no not that one Tudders)... (General Chat) - Small, Feb 17, 00:26:15
  - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Remmuby AG, Feb 17, 00:07:34
    - Why lol?! (n/m) (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 17, 00:10:00
      - Because you said '1984-the book...... never been as relevant' and you haven't read it! (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 17, 00:11:27
        
        I know people that have read it and they strongly recommend it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 17, 00:12:48
        
        It is very good, yeah. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 17, 00:14:01
        
        George Orwell in like the 50's or summat. (n/m) (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 17, 00:12:15
        
        1948. But yeah, 'twas Orwell. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 17, 00:13:11
        
        I'm a soft target.... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 17, 00:14:53
        
        Didn't stop John Major. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 17, 00:15:21
        
        LOL....many people i know think he was alright. (n/m) (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 17, 00:17:23
        
        Do you hang out with Tories then? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 17, 00:17:59
        
        No,just the people i know are pissed off ex-Labour voters..... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 17, 00:19:46
        
        All sounds very Middle England to me. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 17, 00:21:17
        
        stop with the wind ups,please ;-) (n/m) (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 17, 00:23:45
        
        I'm going to have to, you're not rising to them. Spoilsport. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 17, 00:27:05
        
        It's quite an art Otto. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 17, 00:35:26
        
        One which you, unlike I, have mastered. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 17, 00:42:38
        
        down at the social club? (n/m) (General Chat) - Remmuby AG, Feb 17, 00:18:30
      - I admire your resolution (General Chat) - Remmuby AG, Feb 17, 00:10:42
- yes, why? (n/m) (General Chat) - trulybIue, Feb 17, 00:04:42
  - You're not PK. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 17, 00:05:47

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