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24 alternatives to Orwell's Revenge. The 1984 Palimpsest

Peter Huber scanned all of Orwell's writings into a computer

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Orwell's Revenge. The 1984 Palimpsest launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Animal Farm and 1984▲71
George Orwell's Classic Tales
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami▲60
Links to Orwell's 1984, but more complex, mind-f***
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲64
Reinterpreting something overlooked from the past
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
4
Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲65
The Lady Vanishes: The past deserves a second chance
2016 · pushkin.fm · its alternatives →
5
What the Dormouse Said▲55
How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲61
The strange phenomenon of being the “token”
2016 · pushkin.fm · its alternatives →
7
Watchbird▲61
A warning about army drones and AI from 1953
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
8
The Sympathizer: A Novel▲66
One man's political beliefs and individual loyalties clash
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
The Supermen▲66
Seymour Cray + technical wizards behind the supercomputer
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
1984▲95
A prophecy of the future and rebellion against police states
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
Hackers▲75
Heroes of the computer revolution
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Atlas Shrugged▲73
Story about capitalism, free markets, ethics and morality
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Daemon▲80
A computer program wreaks havoc on the world.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
The Accidental Superpower▲67
A contrarian assessment of American power
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age ▲79
Essays by Paul Graham
2015 · its alternatives →
16
All Art Is Propaganda▲67
Orwell, propaganda, and the art of persuasion
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
The Book of Bad Arguments▲88
Beautifully illustrated and free to read online!
2014 · bookofbadarguments.com · its alternatives →
18
The Typewriter Revolution▲65
A typist's companion for the 21st century
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Neuromancer▲104
The novel that defined cyberpunk
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Fearless Genius ▲80
The digital revolution in Silicon Valley 1985 - 2000
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
The Second Machine Age▲66
Work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant techno
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
22
Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲60
Carlo doesn't remember (Capitalism requires capitalization)
2016 · its alternatives →
23
Revisionist History Podcast by Malcolm Gladwell: Ep 10▲62
The Satire Paradox
2016 · pushkin.fm · its alternatives →
24
Hardware Hacker▲63
Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware
2016 · nostarch.com · its alternatives →

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