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On the topic of copyright, now that #1984 is in the #publicdomain (mostly, outside of the USA) ther have been some interesting reuses of the novel. Here are two I’ve noticed, the latest one turning the junk Da Vinci Code into 1984:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/oct/26/david-shrigley-turns-da-vinci-code-novels-nineteen-eighty-four

and from a few weeks ago, Julia, a rewrite of the novel from the female co-protagonist’s perspective.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/18/julia-by-sandra-newman-review-a-new-nineteen-eighty-four