Saturday, July 7, 2012

Run, Winston, run! Big Brother is watching...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about replacing a lost copy of George Orwell's 1984, which is one of my favorite novels. I think it's genius.

The copy I found then, at the McIntire Road Book Exchange, was a suitable placeholder while I search out a hardcover copy published sometime within the first decade of when it first appeared in print in 1949.

Back at the McIntire Road Book Exchange on Friday (Deborah tells the full story here), I took another step toward that goal by "upgrading" to a 1964 Signet Classic edition with a great cover. A silhouetted Winston Smith on the run from an evil, lurking giant face looking down on him. Big Brother is watching, indeed.


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