A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
It's about a 15 year old boy, Alex DeLarge, and his group of 'Droogs' who are into ultra-violence, rape and drugs. Alex is sent to prison for the accidental murder of an old woman. He is then forced to participate in a form of brainwashing called 'Ludovico's Technique'. This technique makes him sick when he thinks about or is confronted with violence and when he hear Beethoven's Ninth Symphony - which he loves.
It's set it a dystopian near-future. (Near-future for the 1960's anyhow.) It's apparently sci-fi, but is barely so. (It also uses 'Nadsat' which is a language Burgess created for the novel.)
It's about a 15 year old boy, Alex DeLarge, and his group of 'Droogs' who are into ultra-violence, rape and drugs. Alex is sent to prison for the accidental murder of an old woman. He is then forced to participate in a form of brainwashing called 'Ludovico's Technique'. This technique makes him sick when he thinks about or is confronted with violence and when he hear Beethoven's Ninth Symphony - which he loves.
It's set it a dystopian near-future. (Near-future for the 1960's anyhow.) It's apparently sci-fi, but is barely so. (It also uses 'Nadsat' which is a language Burgess created for the novel.)
January 18th, 2014 at 01:30pm