Thought this too. Soma. No idea why ive remembered that so long, I never even finished BNW and put it down almost a decade ago
Comment on The only science fiction in 1984 by Orwell is that there is a drug that could make you "Happy"
7uWqKj@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m afraid you’re confusing it with Brave New World
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 days ago
Yeah sorry, the drug in 1984 is apparently just morphine and drinking yourself to death.
Wild how they both are so dystopian but 1984 is just straight up political fiction with like no SciFi and my brain was trying to add more
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I’m about to finish reading 1984 for the first time.
Spoiler:
!Maybe they mean the drugs Winston is given after he is taken by the thought police?!<
Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 days ago
Yeah, i rembered him going to the prole neighborhood and for some reason always put that into brave new world context from the apathy and squalor.
Plus definitely not a lack of drugs in 1984 just far more mundane.
BlackVenom@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Maybe the Chestnut tree was really just some sativa man.
OmegaMouse@pawb.social 2 days ago
Yes this. And is a drug that makes you happy really science fiction? There are plenty that work on dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin receptors. Though I suppose happiness is something more nebulous and complex than a handful of chemicals.
the_q@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Feeling happy and being happy are 2 different things.
OmegaMouse@pawb.social 2 days ago
I agree, that’s a good way to put it
Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 days ago
This is how I meant it!
But definitely failed on the apathetic dystopian culture book when writing this.