How did George Orwell foresee the future in 1984?

Literature, particularly science fiction, has a long history of predicting the future. read more

We can't necessarily consider 1984 to be Orwell's prediction of what the future would be like - it's a dystopia, the worst possible future he could imagine. Anyway, here are the characteristics of that future: 1. Another world war, with nuclear weapons, occurs within the next decade or so (he wrote 1984 in 1948). 2. read more

Then of course, there's George Orwell. In the mid-20th century, George Orwell wrote a book about an ominous future society that featured a watchful Big Brother, crazy war propaganda, and sheep-like citizens. read more