In a future where death has been solved, and the population of the United States is stabilised, a father waits nervously for his wife to give birth to triplets.
The King in Yellow is an anthology series of short stories, the first four of which are cosmic horror tales—all tied together (and frequently driven by) a play of the same name.
Nineteen Eighty-four, novel by George Orwell published in 1949 as a warning against totalitarianism. His chilling dystopia made a deep impression on readers, and his ideas entered mainstream culture in a way achieved by very few books.
A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned –a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.