I have just started reading the book 1984 which was written by George Orwell and published in 1949. He wrote it about what he thought the future would be like in the hands of a breen-like figure called 'big brother'. It takes place in london in a post-world-war-2 world where our every move is recorded by cameras. There is an organisation that watches us day and night and their headquarters is at the top of a monstrous, collosal building at the centre of London. (citadel anyone?) The tower is guarded by armed guards with guns and metal truncheons. (overwatch soldiers?)
People are not allowed to call each other by name, but instead when talking they must call each other 'comrade'. There is also a sinister force called the Thought police (civil protection?) working for 'big brother' and if you are suspected of rebeling they will hunt you down and kill you covering it up like you never existed. There are huge 'telescreens' everywhere, broadcasting the face of big brother with the motto 'big brother is watching you!'.
Although the big brother organisation has many child followers because chldren are easily impressionable and many would turn in their own parents to the thought police if they suspected them. Many young people are part of the Anti-sex league, a league to stop... (well, I think you know what) like the supression field?
There are many other similarities, and i'm sorry if I haven't written this very well as i'm not much of a writer and I just wanted to post my thoughts on the matter. Perhaps Valve based city seventeen off this book? It really is a great book and I recommend it for you all.
here is the wikipedia article on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
People are not allowed to call each other by name, but instead when talking they must call each other 'comrade'. There is also a sinister force called the Thought police (civil protection?) working for 'big brother' and if you are suspected of rebeling they will hunt you down and kill you covering it up like you never existed. There are huge 'telescreens' everywhere, broadcasting the face of big brother with the motto 'big brother is watching you!'.
Although the big brother organisation has many child followers because chldren are easily impressionable and many would turn in their own parents to the thought police if they suspected them. Many young people are part of the Anti-sex league, a league to stop... (well, I think you know what) like the supression field?
There are many other similarities, and i'm sorry if I haven't written this very well as i'm not much of a writer and I just wanted to post my thoughts on the matter. Perhaps Valve based city seventeen off this book? It really is a great book and I recommend it for you all.
here is the wikipedia article on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
