Animal Farm, by George Orwell :: Animal Farm Essays

One of the things I like about small presses is that theyll take chances on authors who write about things outside of the mainstream. III Publishing has been one of my preferent sources for libertarian/anarchist fiction and science fiction ever since I picked up and totally enjoyed The Last Days of Christ the Vampire. Now they bring us deuce fine contributions to anarchist SF literature. If you loved George Orwells Animal Farm, youll love this "sequel." Many who have read Orwells classic missed the basic underlying anti-authoritarian message, instead reading it as an allegory about the Soviet Union. In Anarchist Farm we find an extension of the philosophies underlying Animal Farm, but this time with a more cheerful outcome. Contemporary concerns such as ecocide and animal rights are also woven into this readable book. In fact, it is written in a style appropriate for puerile readers. As in Animal Farm, the main characters here are animals and they talk. They also have cut e names. Pancho is a pig who has escaped from the regime that has taken all over the maturate portrayed in Animal Farm. He is befriended by some wild animals, who are later revealed to be the "Forest Defenders." The Defenders turn out to be very similar to Earth First Pancho eventually finds a farm whose owner has recently died. In response to the death of their benevolent owner, the animals turn the farm into a successful anarchist collective. As the months roll by, the animal start to worry about what might happen to them when the humans come to auction polish off the farm. The ending will surprise you. It should also be mentioned that the book also deals with monkeywrenching and its consequences. Anarchist Farm is funny, thought-provoking, and inspiring. Its an excellent sequel to Animal Farm. Lets hope that a some more readers "get it" this time. A.D. is a science fiction story set in the U.S.A. in the near future. Radical changes have altered the very semip olitical geography of the continent the Klux Klan Klan and other white supremacists control what was the southern U.S., the Nation of Islam controls what was the Midwest, and the West Coast is all that remains of the old U.S. "liberal democracy." Fred Hampton Rush senior is a middle-aged black man living in Chicago, which is now the capital city of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam in North America.