1984 by A.S. Ember

"Nineteen Eighty-Four" is a staggering work of grounded science-fiction, the viciously bleak speculation of a disappointed Marxist in the years following World War II. In many ways a sociopolitical philosophical treatise disguised as a novel, the book is a cry of defeat and a scathing diatribe against the powers of the world. Its themes and anger remain terribly relevant today, but it is now the oppressive gaze of Western leaders that look out from Big Brother's poster, the insidiousness of the billionaire in the voice of the telescreen. A cornerstone of its genre, George Orwell's masterpiece will continue to shock and chill readers and listeners for decades to come.

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