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Originally Posted by Frownland
Interesting, I found it engrossing. I had a little difficulty trudging through some of the denser sections of 1984 (the orthodoxy/unorthodoxy compare and contrast section that goes on for like fifteen pages was rough).
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Odd indeed. I found every word of 1984 spellbinding. BNW left me a little cold and I kind of skipped to the end. The deep science in it was doing my head in. I agree it's a classic, but if I had to choose between them it would be Orwell every time. I wonder what the movie of BNW is like?
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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy
 It's always funny when someone makes a remark like that, given my near-poverty lifestyle.
I get my groceries at Aldi, (Wegmans for poor people), live on a diet of PBJ and cereal for every meal, don't own a vehicle or a tv, design and produce most of my wardrobe myself, and my household income rides just above food stamp eligibility.
Still, through frugal lifestyle choices, (such as never having used a credit card in my life - if I don't have the cash, I don't spend it), I've managed to live in a cozy 1920s palace filled with rare treasures and antiques.
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Yeah, well, you make comments like "a few multi-hundred-dollar purchases" to a guy who is himming and hawing over whether it's worth paying two dollars for a double album on Megaboon, you only have yourself to blame!
BTW I shop in Aldi too, but also in Tesco, just cos it's nearer really. I buy all my reading material through Amazon now for Kindle, so much easier and more immediate.