Any good books that are similar to Orwell’s 1984?

1984 is a member of a group of 20th century dystopian novels. There are many who like to read them and argue about which author predicted the future most accurately. Check out Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (O’Neill Stacks PR6015.U9 B65 2013), Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (PS3503.R167 F3 1993), Animal Farm by George Orwell (PR6029.R8 A6 1946), or The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (PR9199.3.A8 H3 1986). These books tend to be pretty popular, so they might be checked out. But we often have online versions you can read as well.

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.