DBWI: Isaac Asimov's 1984?

A while back, I read the book 1984, and I must say I loved it!

My favourite part of the book was when the geopolitics of the world was being explained. It explained how the Russian-based USSR and American-based USA were vastly different, yet similar down to the names. The so-called USSR, home of our Muscovite protagonist, who claimed to be a communist state in-progress, yet it was nothing but an overreaching beaurocratic shithole. The USA, on the other hand, claimed to be a democratic, free-market society, yet it was a corrupt corporatocracy where politicians could be easily bought.

Also, the two countries were locked together in a so-called "Cold War" where they never directly fought each other, but funded local governments and guerrillas around the world in the name of their imperialistic interests.

I just want to know what everyone thinks of this book.
 
It seemed rather contrived too me. Really if history has show us anything its when two vast opposing empires exist things break down into war sooner or later.

And after the amount of time AsImov stated that these two nations have been locked in a "Cold War" just strikes me as unrealistic.

Though, its nice over all with there not really being a "good" nation that would want to see win over all. That was an interesting change of pace from the "The Empire is Awesome" crap poring out of London on a daily bases.
 
It seemed rather contrived too me. Really if history has show us anything its when two vast opposing empires exist things break down into war sooner or later.

And after the amount of time AsImov stated that these two nations have been locked in a "Cold War" just strikes me as unrealistic.

Though, its nice over all with there not really being a "good" nation that would want to see win over all. That was an interesting change of pace from the "The Empire is Awesome" crap poring out of London on a daily bases.

Speaking of the British Empire, this wasn't on the same scale, but they were in a three-way arms race for about thirty years with France and Germany.

So the "Cold War" situation CAN exist.
 
Speaking of the British Empire, this wasn't on the same scale, but they were in a three-way arms race for about thirty years with France and Germany.

So the "Cold War" situation CAN exist.

Yeah then what happened? War, the USSR and USA in this story would both end up at the others throat with in 10 years. Most of all because they were telling their population that the other was the embodiment of evil
 
A while back, I read the book 1984, and I must say I loved it!

My favourite part of the book was when the geopolitics of the world was being explained. It explained how the Russian-based USSR and American-based USA were vastly different, yet similar down to the names. The so-called USSR, home of our Muscovite protagonist, who claimed to be a communist state in-progress, yet it was nothing but an overreaching beaurocratic shithole. The USA, on the other hand, claimed to be a democratic, free-market society, yet it was a corrupt corporatocracy where politicians could be easily bought.

Also, the two countries were locked together in a so-called "Cold War" where they never directly fought each other, but funded local governments and guerrillas around the world in the name of their imperialistic interests.

I just want to know what everyone thinks of this book.

It's really good. Asimov's story seems to be, btw, a parody of and homage to, the 1976 epic AH novel trilogy, "Stars & Stripes", written by Johnny Beckley(who was a good friend of his),which is also a favorite of mine.

The Cold War kinda reminds me of OTL's standoff between Canada and Russia, only without the proxy states and such....but with all the nukes. (Just be grateful things didn't go lopsided IOTL or we'd all be toast!)
 
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