Talk:1985 (Dalos novel)

Beginning

I essentially copied this material from the György Dalos page. Obviously it needs much more work, so get to it! --Woland37 (talk) 00:16, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

"Optimistic"

It's true that the full rigor of Oceania's totalitarian system in Orwell's novel is somewhat relaxed after the death of Big Brother, but it's difficult to describe the book as truly "optimistic", since the resulting system is still rather repressive, and the progression of the narrator's footnotes throughout the book reveals that the situation in Eurasia is not too satisfactory either... AnonMoos (talk) 00:39, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

"Sequel"

Is this the official sequel or simply some spinoff attempting to be the successor? WikiWinters (talk) 19:26, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

I dont think Orwell himself has recognized it, he is dead. But for the author lived in a INSOC-resembling state (Hungary) and - as the 1984 novel - is ispired by actual history (PErestroika, Glasnost, Fall of Socialism, Happenings aubout Mao's Wife... - it may be seen as sequel. Of course, some events turn the events of 1984 in another direction, e.g. smith knows he will be shot sooner or later, in this novel he has survived. In 1984 the successor of Big Brother may call himself big brother again, so he is immortal, in this novel he dies. But I hope that the novel will be translated in a language I can read.

--80.147.195.18 (talk) 14:07, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Do not delete

Mere the exixtence of the novel should be mentioned in Wikipedia, for all who want to have a sequel to 1984! --80.147.195.18 (talk) 14:07, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Notability

I've added a critic's opinion that the novel basically predicted glasnost and perestroika, which seems notable enough to remove the "may not meet notability standard" flag. So I will now remove that flag. --grant (talk) 17:34, 6 April 2021 (UTC)