I knew that reading 1984 right after Plato’s Republic would be a good idea. It’s hilarious in contrast. The ideas portrayed as brilliant solutions on the latter are carried here with excellent cynicism.

While I also prefer A Brave New World in content, the cathartic and gorgeously realized worldbuilding of Orwell’s dystopia is far more engaging than I expected. Seriously, I never bothered with it because I knew I was going to like it well enough, but also understood that there were many classics I could read before instead. Surely, the book is out of surprises by now, I thought. Turns out I was wrong. The book is well worth reading, and every little bit as relevant as it was seventy years ago.

Love it when a classic lives up to the hype.