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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 1470 Views
Re: Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins? Dunja - 20/09/2009 01:17:00 PM 1081 Views
Well, usually the bigger army are the invaders. Defence tends to have an edge AgentOrange - 20/09/2009 04:38:45 PM 1111 Views
It's an essential plot device Tom - 20/09/2009 04:41:04 PM 1112 Views
Yeah but... Murtach74 - 20/09/2009 07:38:36 PM 1084 Views
I don't quite agree Tom - 21/09/2009 01:22:45 AM 1039 Views
I'm sitting here trying to think if I've read any books like that... Brian - 21/09/2009 01:40:08 AM 992 Views
Fail. Seriana Sedai - 21/09/2009 04:43:24 AM 1177 Views
Agreed. Tom - 21/09/2009 04:59:39 AM 1093 Views
Well there are plenty of authors not in their right minds Brian - 21/09/2009 05:49:22 PM 1021 Views
True. Seriana Sedai - 21/09/2009 06:50:43 PM 1053 Views
Hrmm...guess Miéville failed to follow the script then *NM* Larry - 20/09/2009 07:48:29 PM 408 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 401 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 463 Views
Re: Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins? Handel - 20/09/2009 08:45:48 PM 1219 Views
That, and... Napoleon62 - 20/09/2009 09:08:48 PM 1096 Views
Nineteen Eighty-Four, baby! Ghavrel - 20/09/2009 10:37:05 PM 1033 Views
That is not even fantasy... Napoleon62 - 21/09/2009 12:00:48 AM 1009 Views
IT ISN'T?! *NM* Ghavrel - 21/09/2009 01:42:16 AM 422 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 431 Views
Doubleplusungood. Ghavrel - 25/09/2009 02:09:27 AM 1018 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 450 Views
I agree. 1984 is not SF-F. *NM* Joker - 25/09/2009 12:36:46 AM 443 Views
Who knew? ¯\(°O)/¯ *NM* Ghavrel - 25/09/2009 02:07:19 AM 427 Views
I... don't know what those symbols mean. *NM* Joker - 26/09/2009 07:04:13 AM 450 Views
All books should have a point, IMO. Otherwise, what's the point in reading them. IndigoAjah - 25/09/2009 04:32:43 PM 1092 Views
Nineteen Eighty-Four is unquestionably Science Fiction. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/09/2009 04:12:47 AM 479 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 1029 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 424 Views
Because it doesn't have lasers or time-travel in it IndigoAjah - 28/09/2009 02:15:18 AM 1018 Views
I read it years ago and I don't remember any futuristic technology except... Joker - 28/09/2009 04:16:21 AM 1083 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 877 Views
Wheel of Time? Werthead - 20/09/2009 11:52:36 PM 998 Views
I have not found that to be always true IndigoAjah - 21/09/2009 12:52:00 AM 966 Views
The smaller army doesn't always win Tashmere - 21/09/2009 02:47:07 AM 1008 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 1047 Views
everybody loves an under dog *NM* random thoughts - 21/09/2009 03:51:12 PM 429 Views
Pratchett makes much of this. *NM* Camilla - 21/09/2009 04:11:04 PM 442 Views
"You can take our lives, but you can never take our freedom!" "...wrong!" *NM* Ghavrel - 21/09/2009 11:02:25 PM 385 Views
Exactly what I was going to say Floffe - 27/09/2009 02:55:02 PM 1208 Views
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