Beyond 1984

Beyond 1984Ray BradburyDon't Look Now, but the Eighties are almost upon us. Which means that the usual Chicken Little end-of-the-world doomsters are rushing in circles, colliding with themselves and shouting, "Head for the hills, the dam is broke." Here comes 1984. Watch out, there's Big Brother.Bulrushes and sauerkraut.Nineteen eighty-four will never arrive.Yes, the year itself will show up but not as a Kremlin in gargoyle or an Orwellian beast. We have for the time being, anyway, kno...