1985 (Dalos novel)

{{Short description|1983 novel by György Dalos}}

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| name = 1985: What Happens After Big Brother Dies

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| author = György Dalos

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| language = Hungarian, English

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| publisher = Pantheon Books

| pub_date = 1983

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| isbn = 0394537807

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1985 is a sequel to George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/1985historicalre00dalo|title=1985: What Happens After Big Brother Dies|last=Dalos|first=György|date=1983|publisher=Pantheon Books|isbn=9780394537801|location=New York|language=English|url-access=registration}}

Written by Hungarian author György Dalos, originally published in 1983, this novel begins with the death of Big Brother and reflects an intermediate period between 1984 and a more optimistic future characterized with a decline in orthodoxy of the totalitarian system, struggles of the ensuing powers and the near destruction of the Oceania air force by Eurasia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/2865538-1985|title=1985|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2020-01-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://wearethedead.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/1985-what-happens-after-big-brother-dies/|title=1985: What Happens After Big Brother Dies|last=goodthinkful|date=2009-03-03|website=We are the Dead|language=en|access-date=2020-01-22}}