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1984: the year that wasn’t (Phew!)

by storiesbywilliams on June 23, 2011 in Books, Reviews and tagged 1984, American Way, Big Brother, Brave New World, classic, Communism, English, Fascism, Fordism, Freedom is Slavery, George Orwell, Huxley, Ignorance is Strength, Julia, literature, Ministry of Love, Ministry of Peace, Ministry of Plenty, Ministry of Truth, O'Brien, Orwell, satire, science fiction, Totalitarian, Totalitarianism, War is Peace, Winston

To finish off this review of the two great satires that encapsulated the 20th century: 1984, George Orwell’s distopian vision of a totalitarian future. As I’ve said many times in the course of this thread, there has been an ongoing debate as to which vision of the future came true, and it appears that Huxley’s […]

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Brave New World Revisited

by storiesbywilliams on June 21, 2011 in Books, Reviews and tagged Aldous Huxley, Alphas, Americanism, Bernard Marx, Betas, Brave New World, classic, Communism, Community Identity Stability, Deltas, English, Fanny Crowe, Fascism, feelies, Fordism, Gammas, Henry Ford, Huxley, Iotas, John the Savage, Lenina Crowe, literature, Malthus, Malthusian, Mustaffa Mond, satire, Sci-Fi, science fiction, Soma

As a follow-up to my last post, I wanted to delve into the two great satire-epics in more detail. First up, the satire that came true: Brave New World! And as the title says, I would also like to include a little commentary on the thoughtful essay that capped off his thoughts about his magnum […]

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1984 vs. Brave New World

by storiesbywilliams on June 20, 2011 in Books, Reviews and tagged 1984, 9/11, Afghanistan, Aldous Huxley, Amusing ourselves to death, authors, bookshelf, Brave New World, Bush, classics, distopian, English, feelies, George Orwell, Huxley, Iraq, libraries, literature, orange alerts, Orwell, Room 101, satire, science fiction, Soma, Thought Police, top 10 sci-fi, top 100 books, Totalitarianism, utopia, utopian, War on Terror

Whenever I’m confronted by a virtual bookshelf or asked to list my favorite authors, I always make sure that George Orwell and Aldous Huxley are ranked among the top 10. Both of these men were immensely influential for me, inspiring not only my love of literature but also my desire to write. In that, I […]

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Of Great Sci-Fi (and other non-affliated) Quotes:

by storiesbywilliams on June 16, 2011 in Sci-Fi and tagged authors, Cryptonomicon, cyberspace, digital, future, Internet, Neal Stephenson, Pattern Recognition, Quotes, Sci-Fi, science fiction, street, technology, The Diamond Age, William Gibson

Recently, I’ve taken to posting quotes by the great science fiction authors on twitter. Most are from the authors I draw the most inspiration from, others are just from people I admire and who offered some wisdom along the way. Like a true nerd, I keep these things in a file on my computer, adding […]

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Reviews are in… well two anyway!

by storiesbywilliams on June 7, 2011 in Novels and tagged action, contemporary fiction, downloads, ebooks, fans, free ebook sites, free ebooks, Liability, libraries, Matthew S Williams, Novel, Reviews, stories, urban

The reviews are in from fans who have taken time out of their busy day to post reviews for a story of mine. The story in question is Liability, which has been downloaded 2470 times and added to 33 personal libraries! Here’s what two of said people have had to say: “Good story. Gets you […]

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