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   alt.books.george-orwell      Discussing 1984, sadly coming true...      4,149 messages   

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   Message 3,943 of 4,149   
   Joe Fineman to Clive G   
   Re: News of the World - Orwell's Bye-Bye   
   16 Jul 11 15:08:31   
   
   From: joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   "Clive G"  writes:   
      
   > Picked up this penguin on the day the closure was announced   
   > http://www.highflyer.f2s.com/images/clergymans_daughter2.jpg -   
   > strange cover. I haven't read it yet, so no spoilers.   
      
   I hope *this* news won't spoil it, but Orwell himself regarded it as a   
   potboiler.  I found it instructive, tho.   
   --   
   ---  Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   ||:  You need two out of three: altitude, airspeed, and a brain.  :||   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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