1984
Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English language as a symbol of the horrors of totalitarianism. George Orwell's story of Winston Smith's fight against the all-pervading Party has become a classic, not the least because of its intellectual coherence. First published in 1949, it retains as much relevance today as it had then.
In the evening I started in 1984 by George Orwell. Jaiden had recommended the book to me. In return I had recommended the Planet of Adventure book by Jack Vance which I had ordered for her recently.