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He was inspired by C. S. Lewis' that hideous strength.

• lukifer 6y ago
  Interesting, I hadn't heard that, do we know that definitively? (THS was the only one of the Space Trilogy I never read, I should correct that.)
  • zabzonk 6y ago
    Orwell reviewed That Hideous Strength and said it had some good points. But it's definitely the weakest in the trilogy, and definitely did not influence 1984 in any obvious way. Still worth reading, though.
  • maskedoffender 6y ago
    It's a very hard read. It took me several times to get into it.
• sideshowb 6y ago
  Having read both I can't speak for where Orwell drew inspiration, but I never noticed any similarities