Orwell could never have written 1984 today because he's been dead for a while actually

@baronnarcveldt These days, if Orwell tried to have 1984 published, his "editors" would just say "This is obviously a dystopian future but you've set it in the past. This is not how the genre works."

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@maeve @baronnarcveldt These days, if Orwell tried to have 1984 published, his editors would just say "you know this book already exists?"

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