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Post by John Marston on May 6, 2022 14:27:03 GMT
What's 1984 about? And why did you like Oleg V. Hlevnjuk's Stalin's biography in particular? Also, it always pays off to have a friend who keeps books just for a showcase  (They weren't technically his. Those were his father's books BTW. And guess what I found? FOUNDATION TRILOGY WAAAHOOOO!!!) 1. A fictional world in the year 1984. The world is controlled by three extremely totalitarian regimes: Oceania, Eurasia and East Asia. Basically everything is controlled by the party including spoken and written language (to make it impossible to criticize the leaders), social life and history. Basically it's like Animal Farm, but darker and less metaphorical. Also, the Animal Farm tells what happened in the Soviet Union, 1984 is a true dystopia of what could've happened and still can happen. Also, if you read 1984 and like it, you could like Brave New World as well. 2. Often when you read about people like Stalin you either get viewpoints that praise him to the level of a god or viewpoints who justifiedly criticize him but focus on it so much that the actual matter is lost. However Hlevnjuk manages to keep a neutrally critical viewpoint. He doesn't, by any means praise Stalin or make it seem as he wasn't that bad, but he still focuses on telling about his life. Also despite being full of information it is very well written and it stays interesting from the beginning till the end. He uses a ton of different sources and tells alot of stuff that really helps understamd him and the Soviet Union. Nice! I am willing to provide you the position of "The official Librarian of the Odinson", some nominal powers too  |
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Post by Kliment JefremovitΕ‘ VoroΕ‘ilov on May 7, 2022 21:26:06 GMT
John Marston, our match against Brighton might have not gone as well as it could have, but after left with only a single point against Spurs, you're never going to win your trebles.
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Post by Tito on May 8, 2022 10:29:49 GMT
It's nice to think that you can be away for years and the Random Area will still be active on this forum
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Post by Manfred von Richthofen on May 10, 2022 1:13:26 GMT
It's nice to think that you can be away for years and the Random Area will still be active on this forum Welcome back Comrade! I've actually seen you last post before May 8 was 2020.  |
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Post by Don Quixote de la Mancha on May 10, 2022 1:52:27 GMT
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Post by ππ¬πͺπ΅π΅ππ¦π€π©π’π― on May 10, 2022 2:48:04 GMT
It's nice to think that you can be away for years and the Random Area will still be active on this forum  |
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Post by zink on May 10, 2022 2:56:29 GMT
 que onda wey |
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Post by Don Quixote de la Mancha on May 10, 2022 21:28:16 GMT
que onda wey Not much, what's going on with the sub ? |
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Post by zink on May 10, 2022 23:28:32 GMT
que onda wey Not much, what's going on with the sub ? the sub? |
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Post by Don Quixote de la Mancha on May 11, 2022 0:25:27 GMT
Not much, what's going on with the sub ? the sub? Sorry, the Forum |
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Post by zink on May 11, 2022 13:29:18 GMT
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on May 12, 2022 0:51:03 GMT
The perfect ad doesn't exi-
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Post by Manfred von Richthofen on May 13, 2022 0:43:00 GMT
Tomorrow is my 1st year anniversary on this forum!
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Post by Manfred von Richthofen on May 14, 2022 2:41:21 GMT
Well, today is my 1st year anniversary on the forum! I've created this acc on this day, last year, May 14, 2021. |
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Post by ππ¬πͺπ΅π΅ππ¦π€π©π’π― on May 14, 2022 4:53:46 GMT
Oh look itβs Friday the 13th if you believe in superstitions and also four days past since the slasher film came out
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(They weren't technically his. Those were his father's books BTW. And guess what I found? FOUNDATION TRILOGY WAAAHOOOO!!!)
