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Review: One half philosophical insight and quasi-interviews, one half futuristic horror story. Put them together and you get Anthony Burgess' novel _1985_.The first half is easily the more interesting of the two, as it clearly expresses Burgesses' views on other novels (specifically _1984_ and his own work, _A Clockwork Orange_), anarchy, good, evil, and society in general. The interviews with himself are wonderful- a brilliant new way to express an opinon while being sure that the only questions asked are the ones that you have a ready answer for.As for the second part, the continuation of _1984_, the very problem is that it is such a continuation. The first novel was so wonderful that it's hard to have the sequel live up to the legacy, and it necessarily pales in comparison. That's not to say that I haven't read it a couple times, but it still isn't among the celestial greats.
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