That’s what George Orwell would say if he could visit our world, 75 years after he wrote his final novel, "1984." Orwell sought to demonstrate the dangers not just of totalitarianism but of a world ...

The groundbreaking novel introduced ideas that continue to shape conversations about surveillance, truth, and unchecked power ...

George Orwell was the pseudonym for Eric Arthur Blair, who was born in Motihari, India, on June 25, 1903. His father, Richard Blair, was a British civil servant stationed in India. About a year after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has been 76 years since "1984," George Orwell's warning about government control, censorship and the corruption of language, ...

One of the greatest lines in the history of dystopian fiction seems to hit even harder after watching Apple TV’s ...

George Orwell, edited by Peter Davison, intro. by Christopher Hitchens. Norton/Liveright, $39.95 (608p) ISBN 978-0-871-40410-7 Reviewed by David Brooks. George Orwell has become a literary saint ...

George Orwell's quote of the day: George Orwell's chilling words from "1984" resonate powerfully today: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." This ...

When I was growing up, the lessons of 1984 – the dystopian novel by George Orwell – were all thought to pertain to the Soviet Union. Big Brother was Josef Stalin – controlling the thoughts of his ...

BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 01: A protester holds a German translation of George Orwell's book '1984' as he demonstrates for journalists' rights on August 1, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. After two German ...

Editor’s Note: Laura Beers is a professor of history at American University, where she teaches a seminar on George Orwell and the making of the modern world. She is the author of “Your Britain: Media ...

From frontline reporting to a trailblazing comic novel and a prophetic dystopia, which of Eric Blair’s books is the best?