You don’t have to be a political wonk to get the feeling that the play “1984” is reverberating with relevancy these days. Set aside the recent headlines about a London production that transferred to ...

In Oceania two-way “telescreens” monitored every citizen’s movements, reminded him every minute of every day: BIG BROTHER is WATCHING YOU. Oceania was the fictional country in George Orwell’s 1984, ...

George Orwell’s novel 1984 begins with Winston Smith, the main character, seeing posters saying BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. In 2010, that could be replaced with FACEBOOK IS WATCHING YOU. Or rather, ...

Seventy years ago, Eric Blair, writing under a pseudonym George Orwell, published “1984,” now generally considered a classic of dystopian fiction. The novel tells the story of Winston Smith, a hapless ...

It was a bright hot day in June. Or possibly July. And the clocks almost certainly weren't striking thirteen, because they don't do that in this country. But it WAS the summer of 1984. I was 9 years ...

To the editor: I enjoyed reading Michael Hiltzik’s perspective about the continuing relevance (and wonderful hilarity) of Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove,” and its prescient depiction of some ...