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So, /lit/, after reading Fahrenheit 451 and A Clockwork Orange, I'm about to read these two famous dystopian romans.
Which one should I start with?
I'm kind of tempted to start with 1984, but I've heard Brave New World should be read first.
Any suggestions?

>> No.4137812

>>4137810
I read 1984 first, no regrets

>> No.4137813

I don't think it matters much which you start with. The societies they depict are very different, almost polar opposites.

>> No.4137818

I would read BNW first. But thats only because I think that 1984 > BNW. That way you can get into that mind setting easier

>> No.4137884

It doesn't matter.

>> No.4137894

Both societies depicted in that picture exist today.
Orwell's is the state of many a third and second world country today, Huxley's the state we "fortunate" first worlders live with.

>> No.4137898
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4137898

>>4137894
Pretty much.

>> No.4137945

>>4137898
Time is a retarded, liberal circle-jerk of a magazine, anyway. I'd choose TMZ over it, too.