From deep in the archives, my first published article on the woman you may know only as “the founding mother of feminism.”
Author: Robyn Larson McCarthy
Nineteen Eighty-Four, So Old It’s New Again
Who controls the past controls the future.
George Orwell, 1984
Who controls the present controls the past.
George Orwell might have been alluding to the dangers of stealth-editing when he wrote these lines for his 1949 dystopian novel. It’s funny to think that a work of fiction once so futuristic is now “so old” it no longer has copyright protection, but it’s true, as true as two plus two is… four. Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel entered the public domain in the United Kingdom this year. With Orwell’s final book hitting the bestseller lists at various times during the last decade (pretty impressive for a 70-plus-year-old work), I expect we’ll see numerous U.K.-based publishers coming out with their own creative editions. The first-ever graphic novel adaptation is already slated for release in August.
Old Faithful Road Trip
From the Grand Tetons to The Badlands, new perspectives on old family favorites during a terrier- and toddler-friendly road trip. Enjoy the vintage camping photos as you flip through this cover story from the archives of Automotive Traveler magazine!