"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever." —George Orwell, 1984 While fighting Nazis in the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell launched a one-man bayonet charge against a Fascist stormtrooperGeorge Orwell launched a one-man bayonet charge against a Fascist stormtrooper, bombed an enemy rifle position with a [...]
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Ben, your awesome accounts of historic characters
rocks! I’m surprised you haven’t had more comments on our blog this week. I love Tesla and
Robert E Howard’s Conan, so I checked them out on
your cool website. I am a book seller, sort of a book reviewer and starving artist.
Wow Ben, you must be really tired this week writing about all these awesome authors in addition to your regular column, THANKS!
You should write a book on how to reform history classes in the US Education system.
@MohamedS – The US school system wouldn’t be able to handle the amount of awesomeness that would bring.
Ben – Not only are your columns entertaining, they always teach me about my favorite people. Don’t ever stop!
Great article
but to be clear, Orwell wasn’t anti-communist, he was anti-Stalinist. He wrote several times that Stalin was a threat to Socialism and Communism.
Before reading this, I thought Orwell was awesome, now’s he’s MORE awesome.