Re: Stories for James Nicoll's Nightmarish Future

In article <MPG.1e039c11ecfbd72498a82f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Gerry Quinn <gerryq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I assume Aldous Huxley intended to make a case for it, that is to say,
> intended to make it appeal in some way. That's why I consider it more
> interesting than 1984. 1984 is purely satirical, BNW is a world that
> might happen, in broad strokes, if not in detail.
>

I don't understand in what sense 1984 is "purely satirical." It
described the direction in which Orwell feared the world was moving, as
is clear from his essays.

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