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I read it years ago and I don't remember any futuristic technology except... Joker Send a noteboard - 28/09/2009 04:16:21 AM
... cameras everywhere and some sort of two way television in Winston's flat. They're not cruising around on hovercars or traveling to stars. It's really just an extension of things that already existed. It's like saying that any novel that has any kind of sophisticated technology is ScyFy. If so, I guess Tom Clancy has been writing ScyFy his entire career.

I see Atwood's definition of "Speculative Fiction" as being more apt.
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Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins? Murtach74 - 20/09/2009 01:01:18 PM 1443 Views
Re: Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins? Dunja - 20/09/2009 01:17:00 PM 1055 Views
Well, usually the bigger army are the invaders. Defence tends to have an edge AgentOrange - 20/09/2009 04:38:45 PM 1091 Views
It's an essential plot device Tom - 20/09/2009 04:41:04 PM 1085 Views
Yeah but... Murtach74 - 20/09/2009 07:38:36 PM 1063 Views
I don't quite agree Tom - 21/09/2009 01:22:45 AM 1014 Views
I'm sitting here trying to think if I've read any books like that... Brian - 21/09/2009 01:40:08 AM 956 Views
Fail. Seriana Sedai - 21/09/2009 04:43:24 AM 1147 Views
Agreed. Tom - 21/09/2009 04:59:39 AM 1066 Views
Well there are plenty of authors not in their right minds Brian - 21/09/2009 05:49:22 PM 993 Views
True. Seriana Sedai - 21/09/2009 06:50:43 PM 1028 Views
Hrmm...guess Miéville failed to follow the script then *NM* Larry - 20/09/2009 07:48:29 PM 399 Views
and a lot of others. But there's a rumour somewhere that it's not the size that matters... *NM* jh - 20/09/2009 07:53:41 PM 390 Views
It's still a valid point, even if one author doesn't "follow the script." *NM* Joker - 25/09/2009 12:34:48 AM 451 Views
Re: Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins? Handel - 20/09/2009 08:45:48 PM 1192 Views
That, and... Napoleon62 - 20/09/2009 09:08:48 PM 1067 Views
Nineteen Eighty-Four, baby! Ghavrel - 20/09/2009 10:37:05 PM 1007 Views
That is not even fantasy... Napoleon62 - 21/09/2009 12:00:48 AM 982 Views
IT ISN'T?! *NM* Ghavrel - 21/09/2009 01:42:16 AM 414 Views
Yeah, didn't your dad tell you about the double ungood days of the 80s? *NM* IndigoAjah - 21/09/2009 01:52:46 AM 419 Views
Doubleplusungood. Ghavrel - 25/09/2009 02:09:27 AM 995 Views
Oops, sorry. Probably a thoughtcrime to put a space in. Rebellious waste of... pixels? Space? *NM* IndigoAjah - 25/09/2009 04:26:14 PM 441 Views
I agree. 1984 is not SF-F. *NM* Joker - 25/09/2009 12:36:46 AM 431 Views
Who knew? ¯\(°O)/¯ *NM* Ghavrel - 25/09/2009 02:07:19 AM 417 Views
I... don't know what those symbols mean. *NM* Joker - 26/09/2009 07:04:13 AM 439 Views
All books should have a point, IMO. Otherwise, what's the point in reading them. IndigoAjah - 25/09/2009 04:32:43 PM 1074 Views
Nineteen Eighty-Four is unquestionably Science Fiction. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/09/2009 04:12:47 AM 469 Views
No, it's not. ScyFy does not lay claim to anything and everything that takes place... Joker - 26/09/2009 07:05:59 AM 996 Views
It's a novel which heavily relies upon futuristic technology. How is it not Science Fiction? *NM* Ghavrel - 28/09/2009 01:43:23 AM 414 Views
Because it doesn't have lasers or time-travel in it IndigoAjah - 28/09/2009 02:15:18 AM 990 Views
I read it years ago and I don't remember any futuristic technology except... Joker - 28/09/2009 04:16:21 AM 1063 Views
I would say that if a story uses that sort of thing, it has a science fiction element. Ghavrel - 28/09/2009 05:20:39 AM 855 Views
Wheel of Time? Werthead - 20/09/2009 11:52:36 PM 978 Views
I have not found that to be always true IndigoAjah - 21/09/2009 12:52:00 AM 943 Views
The smaller army doesn't always win Tashmere - 21/09/2009 02:47:07 AM 980 Views
Because you don't have to root for the huge army that's supposed to win. Seriana Sedai - 21/09/2009 04:38:22 AM 1028 Views
everybody loves an under dog *NM* random thoughts - 21/09/2009 03:51:12 PM 417 Views
Pratchett makes much of this. *NM* Camilla - 21/09/2009 04:11:04 PM 433 Views
"You can take our lives, but you can never take our freedom!" "...wrong!" *NM* Ghavrel - 21/09/2009 11:02:25 PM 373 Views
Exactly what I was going to say Floffe - 27/09/2009 02:55:02 PM 1177 Views
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