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   James Nicoll to petertrei@gmail.com   
   Re: (Tears) Nineteen Eighty-Four by Geor   
   04 Jan 26 17:58:17   
   
   From: jdnicoll@panix.com   
      
   In article <10je8h1$26698$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Cryptoengineer   wrote:   
   >On 1/4/2026 9:12 AM, James Nicoll wrote:   
   >> Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell   
   >>   
   >> True love blooms in authoritarian Airstrip One.   
   >>   
   >> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/when-spring-rejoices   
   >   
   >You've got the same edition that was assigned in English class at   
   >my boarding school - about 7th grade level. I read it then.   
   >   
   >Its interesting to compare it to Yevgeny Zamyatin's 1921 novel "We",   
   >from which it draws a lot of plot elements.   
      
   As I recall, Orwell reviewed We.   
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