An Introduction to Electrospinning and Nanofibers

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The research and development of nanofibers has gained much prominence in recent years due to the heightened awareness of its potential applications in the medical, engineering and defense fields. Among the most successful methods for producing nanofibers is the electrospinning process. In this timely book, the areas of electrospinning and nanofibers are covered for the first time in a single volume. The book can be broadly divided into two parts: the first comprises descriptions of the electrospinning process and modeling to obtain nanofibers while the second describes the characteristics and applications of nanofibers. The material is aimed at both newcomers and experienced researchers in the area.

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Neutral about it ............2007-08-30

There are only a few books that discuss these topics and only in one or two chapters. This book brings a fair review of the theory of electrospinning and some of the current state of the technology in one reference. I felt like the work of some research groups was not discussed or even mentioned. A problem that many of these books have and make you question its "sientific neutrality or objectivity (sorry if I mispelled)." Good for a first read into the topic and as a starting point for a literature review.

Now some comments not related to the content. Even someone whose first language is not english (like me), can not ignore the large ammount of typos and grammatical errors. I could not control myself and ended up reading and correcting the errors with a red pen. Some people may be put-off by this. I got the paperback edition which has a fair price (compared to other books that you may pay more and get the same quality). The hardback is not worth it.

Blood compatible synthetic polymers;: An introduction,

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Blood compatible synthetic polymers;: An introduction,
Stephen D Bruck
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Introduction to Polymers (Plastic, Rubber and Synthetic Fibres, Polymer Science)

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Introduction to Polymers (Plastic, Rubber and Synthetic Fibres, Polymer Science)
R.J. Young
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This is a 6.5" x 9.5" soft cover book with mustard-color wraps that have red print and illustration. 368 pages discuss the synthesis, characterization, structure and mechanical properties of polymers in a single text. In order to understand how plastics, rubbers and synthetic fibres can best be used, it is necessary to have an understanding of their basic properties.

Introduction to Soft Matter: Synthetic and Biological Self-Assembling Materials

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Introduction to Soft Matter: Synthetic and Biological Self-Assembling Materials
Ian W. Hamley
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This book provides an introduction to this exciting and relatively new subject with chapters covering natural and synthetic polymers, colloids, surfactants and liquid crystals highlighting the many and varied applications of these materials. Written by an expert in the field, this book will be an essential reference for people working in both industry and academia and will aid in understanding of this increasingly popular topic.

Contains a new chapter on biological soft matter
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Introduction to Synthetic Polymers
Ian M. Campbell
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This clear and concise textbook introduces the huge field of polymer science to students taking degree courses in chemistry, material science and related subjects covering polymers. By focusing on the few major polymers, for example polystyrene and PVC, which are in common use and which the students will recognise, the book illustrates simply the basic principles of polymer science. It looks at the factors which give rise to the special properties of polymers, and emphasizes how polymer molecules can be synthesised with different sizes and architectures to tailor the properties of the resulting material. The later chapters then introduce a wide range of polymers some with special applications now and others with exciting potential for the future. There are exercises at the end of each chapter.

Introduction to Synthetic Polymers (Oxford Chemistry Series)

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Introduction to Synthetic Polymers (Oxford Chemistry Series)
Ian M. Campbell
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Natural and synthetic polymers: An introduction

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Henry I Bolker
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Advances in engineering plastics. (introduction of new polymers): An article from: Advanced Materials & Processes

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Advances in engineering plastics. (introduction of new polymers): An article from: Advanced Materials & Processes
LaVerne Leonard
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This digital document is an article from Advanced Materials & Processes, published by ASM International on December 1, 1997. The length of the article is 2375 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The commercialization of several new polymers offers product designers various possibilities but endangers the market share of traditional engineering resins. These new materials include the one-of-a-kind aliphatic polyketone, syndiotactic polystyrene, polyethylene naphthalate resins, and several variations of established polymers. Aliphatic polyketones include Carilon polymers, which are high melting-point, semi-crystalline thermoplastics. Syndiotactic polystyrene resins are synthesized from styrene monomer through metallocene catalysts.

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Title: Advances in engineering plastics. (introduction of new polymers)
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Publication: Advanced Materials & Processes (Refereed)
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An "elite" group of polymers. (Dow Chemical Co.): An article from: Plastics Engineering

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This digital document is an article from Plastics Engineering, published by Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. on December 1, 1997. The length of the article is 430 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: An "elite" group of polymers. (Dow Chemical Co.)
Publication: Plastics Engineering (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1997
Publisher: Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc.
Volume: v53 Issue: n12 Page: p53(1)

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Foamed films: Find new niches.(Brief Article): An article from: Plastics Technology

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Foamed films: Find new niches.(Brief Article): An article from: Plastics Technology
Jan H. Schut
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This digital document is an article from Plastics Technology, published by Gardner Publications, Inc. on February 1, 2002. The length of the article is 2879 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Foamed films: Find new niches.(Brief Article)
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Publication: Plastics Technology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2002
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Volume: 48 Issue: 2 Page: 48(6)

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I Just Don't Know....

Amazing and inspirational

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Loved It!

I'm glad I only paid $3.00 for this book.

Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans
Jane Green
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Jemima Jones is overweight. About one hundred pounds overweight. Treated like a maid by her thin and social-climbing roommates, and lorded over by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented but better paid) at the Kilburn Herald, Jemima finds that her only consolation is food. Add to this her passion for her charming, sexy, and unobtainable colleague Ben, and Jemima knows her life is in need of a serious change. When she meets Brad, an eligible California hunk, over the Internet, she has the perfect opportunity to reinvent herself–as JJ, the slim, beautiful, gym-obsessed glamour girl. But when her long-distance Romeo demands that they meet, she must conquer her food addiction to become the bone-thin model of her e-mails–no small feat.
With a fast-paced plot that never quits and a surprise ending no reader will see coming, Jemima J is the chronicle of one woman's quest to become the woman she's always wanted to be, learning along the way a host of lessons about attraction, addiction, the meaning of true love, and, ultimately, who she really is.

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I Just Don't Know...........2007-10-04

I'm still reading this book. And I'm actually still at the beginning. But, my question is why does the character have to be sooooo obsessively self-deprecating. While people in general can sometimes question their own self-image, this character's battle wasn't fought with empathy, rather some presumption that all fat people battle with their irrational cravings and a bad image. Is that the case? If so, retort this whole review, but I do know that some of the friends I have who are overwieght don't hate themselves as much as this character seems to. Nor do they chow down on bacon sandwiches because the grease and smell are as inviting as a coveted bedfellow. I will finish this book, but I don't know whether the message is "Get over it Jemima and love yourself as you are" or if it's "You go Jemima, lose weight, because you can then accomplish bigger and better things!" Ohhhhh, and what the heck is her name about! Even the name itself conjures images of sugary syrup and fat laden bacon. Though, I'm sure the author is well-meaning, well-intentioned, much of it comes off as a gross stereotype of the given characters.

Amazing and inspirational.......2007-08-09

I read Jemima J when my friend gave me a copy. I had recently been on a health kick and lost a lot of weight and I related. I understood Jemima. I was Jemima. How she had no self-esteem, felt lonely and repressed and her obsession with America and shallow beauty.

The message in this book is not "if you want your man, lose weight" - it's embrace who you are. She had the fling with the gorgeous californian and the dream turned sour. That all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood was not what was going to make her happy. Ben liked Jemima for who she was and not what she looked like.

I just re-read it seven years later and once again - it's inspired me. You can call it shallow fluff or drivel but I think it's a tale of love and how if you really, really want something you can have it.

"Jemima J" is a masterpiece and Jane Green is a genius. The book spoke to me and it's my favourite of all time. I've also read other books my this author but this is the best.

Dreadful.......2007-08-09

I read this book after it was recommended to me by a woman I work with, and it was awful. Predictable, unimaginative and uninspired. In a word it's Chick-Lit. Fat girl is in love with a handsome man who doesn't see her, she loses weight and to everyone's astonishment she is strikingly beautiful as a thin person! This story line has a lot in common with many bad movies.

Loved It!.......2007-07-11

I don't care if she was fat or skinny. I liked the book and thought it was a very cute story. I liked how they showed her point of view as first a fat girl and then as a skinny one. It was very funny.

I'm glad I only paid $3.00 for this book........2007-06-26

I was excited about the premise of this book, being a large girl myself, but as I read I become more and more frustrated with where things are going. Why do women have to be thin, blonde and beautiful to get anywhere in this world, with men, work or otherwise? I think it sets a terrible example and Jemima doesn't seem to be trying to lose weight in a healthy way. Jemima went from one extreme (food addiction) to another (exercise addiction). You don't just suddenly stop being addicted to food - like any other addiction, it's a hard habit to break, there is no way she just suddenly stopped eating (almost altogether!). I guess I'm taking most of this stuff too literally, it is only a book, after all. I guess I feel let down that even a woman writer can't make her heroin more of a real person than a cartoon character of what society thinks a women should be. I'm more than halfway through the book, but I'm not sure I'm going to finish it.

Jemima J - A Novel About Ugly Ducklings And Swans

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Jane Green
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Jane Green
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Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans
Jane Green
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Jemima J. : A Novel about Ugly Ducklings and Swans
Jane Green
Manufacturer: Viking Penguin
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ASIN: B000R2P5TM

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Lori Foster enchanted legions of romance readers with her seductive novellas featuring the Winston brothers. Now, these tantalizing tales are available for the first time in one volume.

"Lori Foster writes about real people you'll fall in love with." (Stella Cameron)

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Excellent Book - Contains three books in one.......2007-07-12

Another excellent read by Lori Foster. You won't be disappointed in this book if you are a fan of Lori Foster's books. A good beach book!! Be sure to read Wild after this book. it's about the lone remaining bachelor in the Winston Family.

Not as good as her novels.......2006-04-28

I thought these stories were generally pretty good. The only downside was that they were a little rushed, but that's typical of anthologies. I'm still a big fan of her full-length novels, particularly Wild and Say No To Joe?.

Three short stories.......2006-03-27

Very light reading; the stories are very short around 100 pages about three of the four Winston Brothers. The brother's own a bar and each take a turn falling in love. The romance is fast over all enjoying.

HOT HOT HOT!!!.......2006-03-03

The Winston Brothers was an awesomely fast and entertaining read. I loved the quirkiness and inherit eroticism of all the characters as well as their enthusiasm and zest for living. This book got me caught up in the Winstons and the spin-off in Visitation, NC. Don't forget to get Zane's story in Wild. LOVED THIS BOOK!!!

Like 2 out of the 3.......2006-02-14

I like Lori Foster and I liked 2 out of the 3 stories. Chase's story threw me. He has certain requirements for a partner because he's kind of kinky. I'm just not quite sure I believe that a naive virgin would have gone along with his requirements. The other two stories about Cole and Mack were enjoyable and much easier to believe.

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Tis a puzzlement
I love this book!!!!!!!

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
Eric Berlin
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Release Date: 2007-09-20

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Winston Breen finds puzzles everywhere, even on pizzas, and solving them is what he does best. But when his sister uncovers mysterious wooden strips with words and letters that even Winston can't figure out, the entire family is obsessed. It turns out the strips are part of a scavenger hunt that a town patriarch set up for his children. If all four sets are put together, they will lead to a ring worth thousands of dollars.

Cooperating seems like a no-brainer to Winston, but to solve the puzzle, the group has to overcome mysterious threats, mutual mistrust, 25-yearold clues, and participants who will do anything to keep the treasure for themselves.

Chock full of puzzles to solve, some involving the mystery and others Winston runs into along the way, this treasure hunt will keep readers challenged right to the end.

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Tis a puzzlement.......2007-10-08

When adults start reminiscing about the books of their youth, they can grow eloquent in their praise. Amusingly, when those same adults starts comparing said books to the ones coming out today, they are in very great danger of suddenly contracting a case of Old Fogeyism. "Why when I was a kid we had GOOD mysteries. With lots of clues and puzzles and clever dialogue. We had The Westing Game!" (slams down cane) "I'd like to see you whippersnappers come up with a book like that today. Hah!" If that sounds like you (or, rather, the 108-year-old part of you that comes to life whenever the subject of "kids today" crops up) then I have good news. It's good news for actual honest-to-goodness child readers as well, now that I think about it. First-time newbie kidlit book author Eric Berlin (a crossword creator for The New York Times) is a fan of puzzles. Such a fan, in fact, that he's worked them into the narrative of, "The Puzzling World of Winston Breen." You have an old-fashioned treasure hunt on the one hand, puzzles galore on the other, and some fun dialogue, memorable characters, and an action sequence or two just for spice. Hard to resist.

Twelve-year-old Winston isn't like a lot of other kids out there. He loves him his puzzles. Mind games, riddles, crosswords, you name it. So it was only logical that when his little sister Katie discovered a hidden puzzle in the old antique box he bought her, she thought he put it in there on purpose. The two siblings soon learn, though, that there's more to these three wooden pieces than immediately meets the eye as they find themselves involved in a real life treasure hunt. Glenville's richest resident Walter Fredericks died years ago, and now his puzzles have reemerged. That means that Winston and Katie need to solve some puzzles alongside an ex-cop, a librarian, two untrustworthy hooligans, and a news reporter. The only problem is, someone else wants the reward at the end of this game. Someone who's willing to do almost anything to get it. Along the way, readers can solve puzzles alongside Winston, checking their answers in the back of the book.

I liked how the novel framed the book in such a way that Winston was trying to puzzle out the real life mystery (i.e. Who broke into a local librarian's home and threatened her?) alongside the real puzzles. It's kind of a pity that Winston doesn't figure out the villains before they reveal themselves. It's always good to have a proactive protagonist. Berlin makes up for this missing piece though by then allowing his hero the chance to solve the book's central mystery instead. Still, the last line of the book would have made a little more sense if Winston exhibited crime-solving as well as puzzle-solving skills. I do love that this is a book that requires that kids get actively invested. Besides the puzzles themselves, Berlin foreshadows his action nicely with a newspaper article near the beginning of the book that mentions various robberies that later turn out to be our villain's work. And I'm pleased to say that I didn't see the real villain of this book coming until it was too too late. I don't know if Mr. Berlin means to lead you astray, but a guy who can fool a child and an adult reader has his elements firmly in place.

Berlin's particularly good at keeping potentially dark elements kid-friendly. At one point the local librarian has an out-and-out breakdown when Winston shows her something by accident. But how do you justify that kind of a reaction without suggesting that the victim (in this case, a librarian) has had something terrible happen to her. Berlin instead explains that it would be easy to harass someone. "Phone calls in the middle of the night, notes left in the mailbox, perhaps a stone tossed through a window. Small, nasty things that individually would mean little, but taken all together could make someone very afraid." It's a clever way to convey darker elements without compromising the appropriateness of the narrative.

Now the stats. Total number of puzzles/riddles I successfully solved in this book: 3. Not that I tried to do every single one, but of the ones that I did try, I only got three. I liked the sheer variety of puzzles in this book, to be honest with you. Some are skewed easy and some are skewed very very hard. One puzzle on page 68 is "explained" in the back of the book, but the explanation ends up being just as difficult to understand as the original question itself. Still, the thing about the book is that it has something for everyone. True puzzle fans will be adequately challenged and for those kids who don't know the answers immediately there's at least one or two they might be able to stumble through. It's funny to say, but this book awakened a kind of visceral thrill whenever I flipped to the back to read the solution to one question or another. It was as if I was reading an old Encyclopedia Brown novel, with the answers just waiting to be looked at in the back. Visceral thrills such as this are not cheap.

Berlin's careful with his details too. It used to be that a villain could kidnap a hero and you'd truly feel the kid was in dire straits. Now we live in a cell phone age. Some authors ignore the contraptions. Others work solely in the genre of historical fiction. A cell phone is a recipe for disaster when it comes to dramatic tension. That's why clever authors work them into the plots, flukes, flaws, and all. For example, at one point Winston is in a bit of a pickle and he manages to get his hands on a cell. Unfortunately, he's underground at this point and that means he's not getting any reception. Slick storytelling uses these kinds of complications to their advantage.

A librarian's motto mimics that of a Boy Scout. We try to be prepared. If someone comes up to me and asks for books that are similar to their favorites, I need to have a complex array of smart sounding titles in mind to recommend instantaneously. And until this moment in time I was empty in a particular area. If someone, a fan of Ellen Raskin's, The Westing Game, came up to me and asked for similar books, I would have been stumped. Stumped and perhaps inclined against my will to recommend Chasing Vermeer. Berlin's book maybe isn't on the same level as Raskin's, but it's probably more fun to read anyway. Clever kids will adore it. Mediocre kids will enjoy the treasure hunt. And those children that only like non-fiction reads will probably skip all the narration and just solve the puzzles. Nothing wrong with that. This book offers quite a lot to an array of different readers. Definitely worth a peek.

I love this book!!!!!!!.......2007-09-29

This book is great! I couldn't put it down. Chock full of puzzles, and great literature. (And from the reviewer's mom: My son reads a huge number of sophisticated books, and this is very high praise.) ;-D

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A Dystopian Vision
Chilling, Yet Moving In Places
A must for any library...
In a time of accelerating technology, are we prepared for the inevitable?
One of the classics

1984 (Unabridged)
George Orwell
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"Outside, even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold. Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything except the posters that were plastered everywhere."

The year is 1984; the scene is London, largest population center of Airstrip One.

Airstrip One is part of the vast political entity Oceania, which is eternally at war with one of two other vast entities, Eurasia and Eastasia. At any moment, depending upon current alignments, all existing records show either that Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia and allied with Eastasia, or that it has always been at war with Eastasia and allied with Eurasia. Winston Smith knows this, because his work at the Ministry of Truth involves the constant "correction" of such records. "'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'"

In a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. He knows the Party's official image of the world is a fluid fiction. He knows the Party controls the people by feeding them lies and narrowing their imaginations through a process of bewilderment and brutalization that alienates each individual from his fellows and deprives him of every liberating human pursuit from reasoned inquiry to sexual passion. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.

Newspeak, doublethink, thoughtcrime--in 1984, George Orwell created a whole vocabulary of words concerning totalitarian control that have since passed into our common vocabulary. More importantly, he has portrayed a chillingly credible dystopia. In our deeply anxious world, the seeds of unthinking conformity are everywhere in evidence; and Big Brother is always looking for his chance. --Daniel Hintzsche

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First appearing in 1949, the novel 1984 seemed like a nightmarish vision of the future in a totalitarian world. Playing on the public's worst fears about governmental control, different readings saw the former Soviet Union as the object of satire, while others focused on increasingly powerful democratic governments.

The title, George Orwell's 1984, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on George Orwell's 1984 through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on George Orwell, a chronology of the author's life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.

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A Dystopian Vision.......2007-10-07

"1984" may well be the poster child for the genre of dystopian literature. Personally, I thought Orwell was most successful when it came to describing the society around Winston or the psychological struggle during the interogations. The love story was a weaker part of the book (for me).
Unlike Huxley's "Brave New World", Orwell dosen't try to go for dark humor but instead uses the society of fear to convey his views on totalitarinism to the audience. Personally I thought Orwell's characters weren't as interesting as those in Huxley's or Lewis's dystopian novels (C.S. Lewis wrote "That Hideous Strenght"). The concept for Room 101 was imaginative but almost seemed to give the Ocenaian officials an unrealistic advantage (personally, I feel some people could have overcome even fear). Perhaps I shouldn't get on to Orwell too much over this; after all Lewis's villans tried to overcome human nature in their own ways as well.
Overall, Orwell wrote an interesting work. It is even more interesting when one compares the totalitarianism of Oceania to that of the U.S.S.R. (notice that Big Brother and Goldstein have some resemblances to Stalin and Trotsky). I am currently reading a book far more chilling than Orwell's fiction. "The Gulag Archipelago" would make a very good companion to "1984" as it gives a picture of actual totalitarianism at the time when Orwell wrote his fictional masterpiece.

Chilling, Yet Moving In Places.......2007-09-26

This book relates the experiences of one Winston Smith in a world where all people belong to one of three totalitarian superpowers. In this dystopian novel, the state requires nothing less than the complete submission of individuals' inner thoughts. "The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about." There is no escape ("Nobody ever escaped detection, and nobody ever failed to confess.") and no practical hope for a free future where human rights would exist once more.

The story is beautiful in parts--such as in the places where it deals with a forbidden love and an individual's struggle to maintain his identity--and incredibly hopeless in others. Orwell is an amazing writer and I spent a lot of time underlining different phrases and sentences. This book is frightening. As Erich Fromm writes in the afterword, "...it would be most unfortunate if the reader smugly interpreted 1984 as another description of Stalinist barbarism, and if he does not see that it means us, too." I recommend this book to all.

A must for any library..........2007-09-15

"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past."

My definition of a truly classic novel is one that is so talked about and referenced that you can know all about the book and it's message without having ever actually read it. 1984 is one of the most glaring examples of this, as terms such as "Big Brother" and "Doublespeak" are now mainstream concepts that no longer require explanation.

The book itself gained its popularity, however, by successfully reaching a broad audience by exaggerating and reducing the complicated debate of the illusion of free will and freedom of thought in any kind of government structure that strives to control and manipulate the populace for its own benefit in an almost unbelievable science fiction setting. The extremes that are reached in 1984's may seem only possible in a work of fiction, yet there is a truth beneath the pulp novel trappings that most readers can not avoid recognizing.

Note: For those who have already read this, I have a suggestion. Read 1984 again, only assume that the book actually takes place in our modern times, and that the narrator is a paranoid schizophrenic.

In a time of accelerating technology, are we prepared for the inevitable?.......2007-09-14

George Orwell's 1984 is no longer a thing of the future.

The Internet is everywhere--including your wireless cameraphone.

Digital technology makes surveillance push-button easy. Those in power cannot resist. And we even do it to ourselves using social networks like Facebook and Myspace. Soon, every phone will incorporate GPS location technology.

Are we prepared for the inevitable?

In a time when the pace of technology continues to accelerate, Orwell's classic has never been more relevant.

One of the classics.......2007-09-13

This book is one of my all time favorites. Classic in every respect of the word. George Orwell's vision should be taken with a grain of salt, but look at all the striking similarities there are to the world that we live in. With all the recent and upcoming advances in science and technology we would do well to remember the world in 1984.

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