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Old 01-03-2007, 01:19 PM   #20
Sundae
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"We" is interesting, but not as good a read as either Brave New World or 1984. Here is an online version. I briefly skimmed it, seems to all be there (I read a borrowed copy years ago myself, but I think I remember the salient points).

I finished BNW wishing our Government controlled us with soma.... I finished 1984 wanting to read everything that Geo Orwell wrote. Dana - Homage to Catalonia is in my Top 10 books of all time. I take it as a stand-by anywhere that I'm unsure of the travel time or the wait at the other end. I've read it waiting for so many job interviews over the years that it automatically has a calming effect on me now.
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