George Orwell Now!; Preface by Richard Blair, Son of George Orwell : Peter Lang : 9781433129827 : 1433129825 : 31 Aug 2015 : George Orwell remains an iconic figure today ? even though he died in 1950. His dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four depicts a Big Brother society in which the state intrudes into the most intimate details of people's lives ? and, not surprisingly, it became a constant reference point after Edward Snowden's revelations. The word «Orwellian» is constantly in the media ? used either as a pejorative adjective to evoke totalitarian terror or as a complimentary adjective to mean «displaying outspoken intellectual honesty». Interest in Orwell's life and writings ? globally ? continues unabated. Beginning with a preface by Richard Blair, Orwell's son, George Orwell Now! brings together thirteen chapters by leading international scholars in four thematic sections: ? Peter Marks on Orwell and the history of surveillance studies; Florian Zollmann on Nineteen Eighty-Four in