We’re so deep in 1984 that even 1984 is getting the 1984 treatment
With no hint of irony, some dickhead is rewriting George Orwell’s dystopian novel about the state that rewrites history.
Julia, slated for publication in 2023, is penned by little-known American author Sandra Newman, who won critical acclaim for her own dystopian novel and has won the backing of Orwell’s son for the project.
What’s next the pro government retelling of 1984 where Big Brother is the good guys?
Julia opens with the character’s thoughts on Winston, the Ministry of Truth worker with whom she embarks on a doomed affair.
‘It was the man from Records who began it, him all unknowing in his prim, grim way, his above-it-all oldthink way. He was the one Syme called “Old Misery”,’ Newman writes in her opening lines, revealing Julia’s thoughts on Winston for the first time.
‘Comrade Smith was his right name, though “Comrade” never suited him somehow. Of course, if you felt foolish calling someone “Comrade,” far better not to speak to them at all.’
