{"product_id":"dear-mr-orwell-dear-mr-huxley-9798349495519","title":"Dear Mr. Orwell, Dear Mr. Huxley,","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey were told it was for safety. For order. For the good of the country. But inside the frozen lobbies, where vending machines hummed louder than conversation, a darker truth took root-one clipboard, one quota, one vanished neighbor at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDear Mr. Orwell, Dear Mr. Huxley\u003c\/em\u003e is a chilling work of speculative fiction grounded in the very real erosion of privacy, autonomy, and morality in modern surveillance states. Told through stark, immersive vignettes, it examines a world where every product tracks you, every app reports you, and every officer is handed a target instead of a reason. From body cams that catch too much truth to RFID chips that follow you home, this isn't the future-it's the present, only sharper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who loved \u003cem\u003e1984\u003c\/em\u003e but wanted it angrier, sharper, and laced with the language of algorithms instead of party lines, this book offers no comfort-but it does offer clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Bio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Colomy is a writer, media creator, and unapologetic truth-teller whose work challenges the boundaries between fiction and the brutal honesty of lived experience. With a background in marketing and trauma-informed storytelling, she writes about the systems that fail us-and the people who refuse to go quietly. When she's not writing, Maria hosts the podcast \u003cem\u003eBitch Got Out of Line\u003c\/em\u003e and builds media projects that disrupt, inform, and ignite. She lives where the cameras are always watching-but she writes anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Colomy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798349495519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Maria L. Colomy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52210050072757,"sku":"9798349495519","price":16.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_19731494-1383-4369-9091-0c820d8640ab.jpg?v=1770132237","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dear-mr-orwell-dear-mr-huxley-9798349495519","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}