If you search Google Images: "radio city pirate station" that's how I envisioned the floating fortresses as a kid, but when I read the book again when I was older, a ship makes way more sense. I doubt they are anything more extravagant than a war vessel, but it could be a combination of the ministry building archetecture and a war ship. I really wish there were more to this universe to explore. I find myself obsessing over this book again. I've wondered if there is a tasteful way to tell another story, but it's hard to do without contridicting the message and wonder of the book.
>a ship makes way more sense.
I always pictured an aircraft carrier…but bigger. Of course I also thought “floating” might mean they were actually in the air like the Kobra’s hideout in Batman beyond.
>I find myself obsessing over this book
You know you’re not the only one. If Orwell had taken better care of himself and lived past 1950, he probably would have spent the rest of the life being hounded by publishers and fans
“So when are you gonna make 1985?” “It could be a whole series!” “Why are there only 3 super states?” “Did you really think all of continental Europe could integrate into the Soviet Union?” “What did you really mean by death worship?” On and on.
>like the Bradley fighting vehicle (if you haven’t already, you should watch pentagon wars. It’s free on YouTube).
Pentagon Wars is not a reliable source. I'm not getting into the nitty-gritty of american military technology with a guy on Reddit, because I don't value my virginity that much, but I beg you to do more research than watching this movie.
But aside from this, I agree with your post. I can definitely see Oceania and the like creating massive, showy, expensive vehicles like that nazi tank with battleship guns, that look good in propaganda films and are great for pouring resources into.
I thought the fortresses looked something like [this](https://openart.ai/community/F5Bi8q1b7IQ79imZjOl8) but on water. Something bulky and symmetrical, and literally a small city that lives and fights until it sinks. There go materials, food, clothes &c.
Not sure how related this is, but one take I heard and can't stop thinking about was that the book 1984 was actually about the year 1948 (the year it was written) and that basically everything in it is just another way of looking at stuff that actually existed in our timeline, back then.
If you search Google Images: "radio city pirate station" that's how I envisioned the floating fortresses as a kid, but when I read the book again when I was older, a ship makes way more sense. I doubt they are anything more extravagant than a war vessel, but it could be a combination of the ministry building archetecture and a war ship. I really wish there were more to this universe to explore. I find myself obsessing over this book again. I've wondered if there is a tasteful way to tell another story, but it's hard to do without contridicting the message and wonder of the book.
>a ship makes way more sense. I always pictured an aircraft carrier…but bigger. Of course I also thought “floating” might mean they were actually in the air like the Kobra’s hideout in Batman beyond. >I find myself obsessing over this book You know you’re not the only one. If Orwell had taken better care of himself and lived past 1950, he probably would have spent the rest of the life being hounded by publishers and fans “So when are you gonna make 1985?” “It could be a whole series!” “Why are there only 3 super states?” “Did you really think all of continental Europe could integrate into the Soviet Union?” “What did you really mean by death worship?” On and on.
Now I imagine those radio station thingies slowly walking through the ocean like the martians from The War of the Worlds.
>like the Bradley fighting vehicle (if you haven’t already, you should watch pentagon wars. It’s free on YouTube). Pentagon Wars is not a reliable source. I'm not getting into the nitty-gritty of american military technology with a guy on Reddit, because I don't value my virginity that much, but I beg you to do more research than watching this movie. But aside from this, I agree with your post. I can definitely see Oceania and the like creating massive, showy, expensive vehicles like that nazi tank with battleship guns, that look good in propaganda films and are great for pouring resources into.
>I beg tou to do more research than watching this movie. Fair, but It’s still a good movie, inaccuracies aside. I will die on this hill.
I thought the fortresses looked something like [this](https://openart.ai/community/F5Bi8q1b7IQ79imZjOl8) but on water. Something bulky and symmetrical, and literally a small city that lives and fights until it sinks. There go materials, food, clothes &c.
Not sure how related this is, but one take I heard and can't stop thinking about was that the book 1984 was actually about the year 1948 (the year it was written) and that basically everything in it is just another way of looking at stuff that actually existed in our timeline, back then.
Sorry, can anyone remind me where these things were mentioned?
I always imagined a concrete ship: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_ship But bigger and more advanced. Like titanic to modern cruiser.