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What have you been reading or listening to lately?


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  • misericordiae@literature.cafe
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    18 days ago

    I have finally just finished 1984 by George Orwell, and with that, my last bingo square as well. \o/ Overall, I liked it, but found it too drawn out; the book section at the 60% mark especially killed the pacing for me. The appendix about Newspeak at the end was fascinating, though.

    • reddig33@lemmy.world
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      17 days ago

      It’s amazing that even after books like 1984, Handmaid’s Tale, and Fahrenheit 451 are well known, that we still keep barreling head first into acting them out.