Archive - Scandalous Books

Manufacturing People

Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (1932), part 1

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Nineteen Eighty-Four in Our World

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), part 6

Aug 15 •

Ignorance and Totalitarianism, or 'They don’t want us to know stuff' (Colbert)

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), part 5

Aug 8 •

Invite your friends to read Scandalous Books

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Aug 4 •

Surveillance, Writer’s Block, and Love Notes

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), part 4

Aug 1 •

July 2025

Rewriting History

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), part 3

Jul 25 •

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Jul 21 •

Language, Autocracy, and Resistance

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), part 2

Jul 18 •

Sex, Love, and Chastity

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), part 1

Jul 11 •

Why do book bans matter?

Reading the books they don't want us to see

Jul 4 •

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