1984

by George Orwell

Reviewed by Michael Zhao

Fall 2016

REVIEW: 1984 by George Orwell

ISBN#: 0451524934

THE STORY:

Winston Smith is a man who lives in London, now a city in Oceania, a new superstate formed when the United States absorbed the British empire. Oceania is ruled by a government with complete control over its citizens’ thoughts and actions, directed by the omnipresent Big Brother. The story begins on what Winston presumes is April 4, 1984, though he is unsure if he is correct due to the government continually rewriting history, which is also

Hystopia

by David Means

Reviewed by Vijaya Kukutla

Fall 2016

REVIEW: Hystopia by David Means

ISBN#: 9780865479135

THE STORY:

Set in Michigan, America, fixed around the time of Kennedy’s first assassinated and the Vietnam War, the book Hystopia spins out a unique storyline of the enfolded victims of the Vietnam War. Enfolded soldiers come from the Psych Corps building established and initiated by President Kennedy. The author’s America is an alternate America, with bleak violence everywhere. Rake, an enfolded Vietnam War soldier, goes amiss and abducts Meg, who is another enfolded soldier. Though