Posers and Puzzles
08 Jul 11
29 Aug 11
Originally posted by Shallow BlueActually, the quoted line from the novel 1984 is a description of a book. It is a fictional book (not existing outside the novel) used as a plot device.
We've almost had that one already. It's not 1984, but the afterword and/or explicatory material to 1984.
Richard
The title is The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, by Emmanuel Goldstein.
"A heavy black volume, amateurishly bound, with no name or title on the cover. The print also looked slightly irregular. The pages were worn at the edges, and fell apart easily, as though the book had passed through many hands. The inscription on the title-page ran:
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF
OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM
by
Emmanuel Goldstein"
Winston reads a bit of the book after finding it in the room above Mr. Charrington's shop before being arrested by the Thought Police.
03 Sep 11
Originally posted by AThousandYoungSilmarillion? Tolkien?
A tough one:
"...and then he plunged suddenly underground into great tunnels that the weight of his falling waters delved; and he issued again three leagues southward with great noise and smoke through rocky arches at the foot of the hills...