Journal Jeremiah Cornelius's Journal: PUT DOWN "SNOW CRASH" AND "1984" 6
You already live in a science-fiction dystopian nightmare.
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PUT DOWN "SNOW CRASH" AND "1984"
Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What is the Latin for office automation?
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"Gee, it's almost 1984. Wonder if it'll be anything like the book..."
"Dumbass--it's ALREADY like the book!"
Meanwhile, back in the future... The times may change, but the lies don't.
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Orwell merely applied poetic exaggeration to the relief-contour of the world he saw in 1948, and then transposed the digits.
It was his riddle.
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Exactly.
Still trying to figure out how that's supposed to work with 2112, though. :)
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Geddy Lee?
I'm a Bass player. But I could never get past his voice.
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I saw Rush here in Stockholm a couple of years ago. Geddy's voice is a bit lower low, and he still plays like a house afire.