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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 2014; Henk Vynckier on Orwell's collecting project; and Adam Stock on 'Big Brother's Literary Offspring'
- Paul Anderson «In Defence of Bernard Crick»; Luke Seaber on the «London Section of Down and Out in Paris and London»; John Newsinger on «Orwell's Socialism»; and Philip Bounds on «Orwell and the Anti-Austerity Left in Britain»
- Marina Remy on the «Writing of Otherness in Burmese Days and Keep the Aspidistra Flying»; Sreya Mallika Datta and Utsa Mukherjee on «Reassessing Ambivalence in Orwell's Burma»; and Shu-chu Wei on Orwell's Animal Farm alongside Chen Jo-his's Mayor Yin
- Tim Crook on «Orwell and the Radio Imagination»; and editor Richard Lance Keeble on «Orwell and the War Reporter's Imagination»
Peter Stansky, in an afterword, argues that Orwell is now more relevant than ever before.

George Orwell Now!: Preface by Richard Blair, Son of George Orwell

Contents: Richard Blair: An In-Depth Look into Orwell's Complex Mind - Richard Lance Keeble: Orwell Now: Nothing Less Than a Cultural Icon - Peter Marks: George Orwell and the History of Surveillance Studies - Florian Zollmann: Nineteen Eighty-Four in 2014: Power, Militarism and Surveillance in Western Democracies - Henk Vynckier: A Portrait of the Artist as a Collector: Tracing Orwell's Collecting Project from Burma to Big Brother - Adam Stock: Little Nephews: Big Brother's Literary Offspring - Paul Anderson: In Defence of Bernard Crick - Luke Seaber: Trust the Teller and Not the Tale: Reflections on Orwell's Hidden Rhetoric of Truthfulness in the London Section of Down and Out in Paris and London - John Newsinger: Orwell's Socialism - Philip Bounds: Sectarians on Wigan Pier: George Orwell and the Anti-Austerity Left in Britain - Marina Remy: First Encounters and the Writing of Otherness in Burmese Days and Keep the Aspidistra Flying - Sreya Mallika Datta/Utsa Mukherjee: «Pukka Sahibs» and «Yellow Faces»: Reassessing Ambivalence in Orwell's Burma - Shu-chu Wei: Critiquing Communist Dictatorship East and West: George Orwell's Animal Farm and Chen Jo-hsi's Mayor Yin - Tim Crook: George Orwell and the Radio Imagination - Richard Lance Keeble: Orwell and the War Reporter's Imagination - Peter Stansky: Why Orwell Is More Relevant Today Than Ever Before.