60-Years of Big Brother

Best Article Every Day website had a post remembering George Orwell's chilling and influential novel, 1984. Last week was the 60th anniversary of its publication and it's place in the literary canon is as secure as ever. One of the money quotes from the article:

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a standing rebuke to all those who think history or biography
can ever be superior to the novel. Big Brother, the Thought Police, Newspeak, Room 101, telescreens, Doublethink, the Two-Minute Hate, the Ministry of Love, 2+2=5, Airstrip One, unperson - one has only to list the words to realise how central Nineteen Eighty-Four has become to our collective imagination.

Go to the site and read a good review of the power of Orwell.