http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/12/orwell_1984_sales_rocket/ - very good especially the highlighted first comment, which leads you to :
http://theliterarysnob.tumblr.com/post/7484768452/nineteen-eighty-four-orwell-vs-brave-new-world
For those with affinities to France there is an interesting resonance now with the ‘cultural exception’ which France is defending in trade talks with the US.
