Orwell's Revenge (54 page)

Shockley, William,
271

“Shooting an Elephant” (Orwell),
258

Sleeper Awakes, The
(Wells),
58
,
236
–37

Slogan,
23
,
290

Smith, Adam,
99
,
225
,
241

Smith, Winston: and betrayal,
242
–44

and book production,
255

diary of,
3
,
253
,
293
,
339
,
357

and doublethink in science,
68

imprisonment of,
6
–7,
127
,
243

job of,
3
–4

lack of power of,
58

life of,
2
–3

relationship with Julia,
4
–5,
127
,
228
,
325
,
339

and stability of totalitarianism,
233

and telescreen,
43
,
67
,
126
,
222
–23

as threat to ruling elite,
6
,
74

versus O'Brien,
234

Snoop and snooping,
23
,
24

Socialism: democratic socialism,
89
–91,
121
,
125
,
239
,
250

economic socialism,
250

and industrialism,
343

and mechanical progress,
71
,
238

in
1984
,
5
,
88

Orwell on,
33
,
55
,
99
–101,
122
,
219
,
234
,
238
–40,
244
–45,
250

as trigger of neofascism,
218

Spanish Civil War,
68
,
223
,
234
,
247
,
328
,
356

Speakwrites,
71

The Spies youth group,
23

Sputnik
,
68

Spy,
23

Stalin, Joseph,
45
,
234
,
238
,
240
,
246
,
289
,
322
,
329
,
349
,
355

“Stars Wars” technology,
324

“Story by Five Authors,”
257
,
304
,
357

Strong, L. A. G.,
357

“Such, Such Were the Joys” (Orwell),
245

Superstates,
5
–6,
57
,
68
,
242
,
247
–48,
302
,
306

Swift, Jonathan,
58
,
235
,
236
,
252
,
257
,
348
,
356

Syphilis,
35

System/360,
276
–77

Tanks,
35

Technologies of Freedom
(Pool),
282

Technology.
See
Computer industry

Radio

Telecommunications

Telephone industry

Telescreen

Television

Telecommunications,
2
,
34
–35,
44
,
57
–58,
71
,
126
,
221
–22,
234
,
239
,
261
–84

See also
Computer industry

Radio

Telephone industry

Television Teleconferencing,
71

Telegraph,
2
,
35
,
236
,
262
,
265
,
266
,
300
,
342

Telephone industry,
234
,
261
–65,
267
–76,
279
,
280
–84,
342
–43

Telescreen: doublethink on,
222
–28

and end of freedom,
35
,
55
,
57
,
58
,
67
,
72
,
233
–34,
326

freedom of, in private hands,
75
,
126
–27,
222
–28,
239
,
251

frequency of occurrence of term,
23
,
223

lack of explanation of workings of,
24
–25

as not abiding of tyranny,
67
–69

Orwell's pessimism about,
69
–70

Orwell's wrong ideas on,
233
–37,
240
,
251

power of,
24
–25,
43
,
58
,
67
,
126
,
235

as too expensive for shop owner,
126

two- way powers of,
43
,
67
,
222
–23

Television,
2
,
71
,
126
,
220
,
223
,
239
,
271
,
282

Tennyson, Alfred Lord,
236

Terminals,
279

Texas Instruments,
272
,
278

Thatcher, Margaret,
349

Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, The
,
5
,
255
,
288
,
329

Thought Police,
2
,
4
,
5
,
23
,
24
,
43
,
58
,
67
,
72
,
89
,
99
,
125
,
223
,
225
,
228
,
233
,
243

Thoughtcrime,
2
,
8
,
23

Totalitarianism,
5
,
55
–58,
68
,
74
,
121
–22,
221
,
233
,
237
–39,
247
–48,
290
,
322
,
329
,
330
,
341

Transistor,
71
,
271
–72,
274
,
275
,
276
,
278

Trilling, Lionel,
1

Twain, Mark,
314
,
341

Two Minutes Hate,
2

Two-way television,
223

Tyranny,
55
–57,
67
.
See also
Totalitarianism

Unemployment,
57
,
90
,
220
,
314
,
354

United States,
55
,
90
,
126
,
238
–39,
242
,
244
,
314
,
346
,
350
–52,
355

U.S. Census,
264

U.S. Dept. of Justice,
263
,
279

U.S. Navy,
265
–66

U.S. Supreme Court,
269

Vacuum tube amplifier,
263
,
265

Vacuum tubes,
276

Vail, Theodore,
263
,
264
,
267
,
281

Victory Gin,
2
,
4
,
6
,
7
,
10
,
23
,
25
,
349

Video camera,
226
,
228
,
279

Vietnam War,
238
–39

Walson, John, Sr.,
271

War,
127
,
239
,
248
,
252
,
305
–6,
327
,
353

War Is Peace,
5
,
6
,
23
,
127
,
245

Watching,
23

Watson, Thomas J.,
264
,
276
,
362

We
(Zamyatin),
58

WEAF radio station,
266

Wealth,
5
,
225
,
245
–48,
289
,
329
–30

Weapons,
45
,
248

Wells, H. G.,
33
,
58
,
222
,
225
,
236
–37

West, W J.,
292

Westinghouse,
266

Wilde, Oscar,
289
,
329

Wilkes, Vaughan,
10
,
319

Wireless telegraph,
265

Wizard of Oz
,
237

Women,
87
–88,
246
,
326
,
353

Words, invention of,
72
,
227

Working class,
290
,
307
–8,
319
,
354

World Review
,
220
–21

World War I,
264
,
339

World War II,
100
–101,
121
,
270
,
276
,
317
,
345
,
347

Writers,
69
,
123
–24,
225
,
235
–37,
347

Writing, art of,
70
,
259
–60

Xenophobia,
228

“You and the Atom Bomb” (Orwell),
45
,
309

Zamyatin, Y. I.,
58
,
303

Zilliacus, K,
219
–20,
349
,
352

Zilog,
279

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Huber, Peter W (Peter William)

 Orwell's revenge: the 1984 palimpsest / Peter Huber.

  p. cm.

 Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-02-915335-2

 1. Orwell, George, 1903-1950.
Nineteen eighty-four
—Parodies, imitations, etc. I. Title.

 PS3558.U238079 1994

 813'54—dc20

94-22921

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