How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

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We All Really Need to Reread George Orwell's <em>1984</em>

We All Really Need to Reread George Orwell's 1984

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With Apologies to Orwell, We've Gone Way Past <em>1984</em>

With Apologies to Orwell, We've Gone Way Past 1984

From Putin to Trump, We Are Being Told to "reject the evidence of your eyes and ears."

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