On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 09:10:00 -0500 Dan Purgert <d...@djph.net> wrote:
> On Mar 03, 2020, tekHedd wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, at 4:34 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: > [...] > > > > You say "Orwellian thinking" like it's a bad thing. :) > > I ... think ... you're joking? You're joking, right? I think this is (going far off topic) a really good question, because I am not sure, what "Orwellian thinking" actually is: Is it the thinking of Orwell's antagonists, or is it Orwell's awareness of a /possible/ outcome of current [2] phenomenons? Which leads to an even deeper question: As we tend to move into the direction we look (think of learning a header or somersault or perhaps also of getting through a dangerous situation when driving a vehicle) - what does this mean for writing dystopia? [2] Fear is a bad adviser. And is this really so off topic? I mean: Who's afraid of "badly reinvented" concepts?! Thinking aloud, Florian [1] Wow, the beauty of languages killing me, softly, once again: current (adj -> noun) -> drift / stream [2] This is why I like the books of Marge Piercy ("Woman on the Edge of Time", "He, She and It") so much: She creates multiple, coexisting scenarios and thus gives the reader the possibility to compare and choose actively. -- \ \\ \ \ ____| |________ / \ | ILS ONT PEUR | | CES ROMAINS. | \__________________/ _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng