George Orwell: Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

George Orwell:
Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) was born in Motihari, Bengal, India; his father was a civil servant for the British government. He moved to England in 1904 and began to write at an early age, but did not particularly enjoy school. He became a professional writer in 1928 and assumed the name 'George Orwell' in 1933; the publication of Animal Farm made him prosperous and 1984 made him famous.

Invention/Technology	Source Work (Publication Date)
Crimestop - no dangerous thoughts The faculty of stopping short, as though by instict, at the threshold of any dangerous thought.	1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (1948)
Doublethink A mental discipline that is an exact contradiction to the basic principles of scientific inquiry.	1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (1948)
Memory Hole A receptacle for unwanted documents.	1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (1948)
Novel-Writing Machines A device that automatically produces fiction.	1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (1948)
Rewriting History Use of sophisticated technology to continuously rewrite the historical record.	1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (1948)
Speakwrite - transcription of tyranny A dictation machine that also transcribes the speech into typed words.	1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (1948)
Telescreen - Big Brother is watching Very early use of the idea of using technology to monitor human activity at a distance.	1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (1948)
Versificator A device that composes words to music.	1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (1948)

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