{"id":17554,"date":"2019-06-06T11:29:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T15:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=17554"},"modified":"2019-06-06T11:29:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T15:29:43","slug":"how-the-dying-george-orwell-wrote-his-totalitarian-dystopia-1984-on-a-remote-scottish-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2019\/06\/how-the-dying-george-orwell-wrote-his-totalitarian-dystopia-1984-on-a-remote-scottish-island\/","title":{"rendered":"How the dying George Orwell wrote his totalitarian dystopia 1984 on a remote Scottish island"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It took a little longer than expected, but here we are, living the Orwellian dream in 2019. They had to adapt their plans, thanks to Orwell’s warning, so I figure that explains the 35 year delay. But Big Brother is definitely all up in our shit…and so few people seem to care or even notice. It’s crazy as fuck if you ask me…I guess there’s a lot of people who, like our president, don’t…or can’t read the writing on the wall.<\/p>\n

The Article ‘How the dying George Orwell wrote his totalitarian dystopia 1984 on a remote Scottish island’ originally appeared on https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/features\/1984-book-george-orwell-dysoptian-novel-scotland-jura-history-a8944886.html<\/a>
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It took a little longer than expected, but here we are, living the Orwellian dream in 2019. They had to adapt their plans, thanks to Orwell’s warning, so I figure that explains the 35 year delay. But Big Brother is definitely all up in our shit…and so few people seem to care or even notice. 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