The people in charge of George Orwell's personal writing began publishing his journal entries as a blog this week. Beginning with August 1938, the installments will appear on their corresponding 2008 dates. I've found split reactions; some find the whole thing fascinating ("The diaries ... expose his tremendous, hungry empiricism, revealing the keen, alert, ever noting, ever observing facts writer he was," said the director of the project in Time). However, others contend that not all of Orwell's writing is worth the time spent reading it.
I'm not crazy about Orwell, but I love the idea. I've often wondered whether literary authors would have become bloggers had they had the opportunity. Instantaneous, worldwide publishing at the touch of a button—who wouldn't?
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Intriguing. I will be sure to read them.
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