1984 is my favorite book.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Nineteen Eighty-Four, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel published in 1949 by English author George Orwell. The novel is set in Airstrip One, formerly Great Britain, a province of the superstate Oceania, whose residents are victims of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance and public manipulation. Oceania's political ideology, euphemistically named English Socialism (shortened to \"Ingsoc\" in Newspeak, the government's invented language) is enforced by the privileged, elite Inner Party. Via the \"Thought Police\", the Inner Party persecutes individualism and independent thinking, which are regarded as \"thoughtcrimes\". The tyranny is ostensibly overseen by a mysterious leader known as Big Brother, who enjoys an intense cult of personality. The Party \"seeks power entirely for its own sake. It is not interested in the good of others; it is interested solely in power.\" The protagonist of the novel, Winston Smith, is a member of the Outer Party, who works for the Ministry of Truth, or Minitrue in Newspeak. Minitrue is responsible for propaganda and historical revisionism. Winston's job is to rewrite past newspaper articles, so the historical record always supports the Party's agenda.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I love 1984, I really do. What a topical book. Don't forget, Big Brother is always watching you."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have never read that book before.  I am intrigued.  What is the premise of the book?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh you are 10000% missing out. It's basically a political dystopia where thought crime is a real thing. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Whoa!  So, the government is able to see peoples thoughts in the book?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Big Brother doesn't literally see people's thoughts. The people in his cult, \"The Party,\" find out who is committing thought crime."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting!  Who is the author?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It was written by George Orwell, who had extremely interesting personal views on language in general. You should read his essays sometime."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I know that author.  I am surprised I was unaware of it.  What year was it written?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It was published in 1949. Orwell envisioned \"1984\" as the future that we were headed toward as a result of propaganda during the Cold War."}]