[Misterioso]

It is seldom that a figure of extraordinary courage and cunning insight emerges into the literary arena and foretells aspects of society decades into the future, unpredictable within the eyes of mediocrity, but in the foreground of the visionary's insight.

An apt description of Ayn Rand whose "Atlas Shrugged" is much more influential than Orwell's "1984."

[G. Stolyarov II]

Agreed. Rand is mentioned further on in my chain of essays; especially in the ones that trace the real-world parallels of Orwell's forecasts.