The influence of Nineteen Eighty-Four in dystopian science fiction

[KGeo777]

Manic "pixie"--literally Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie!

Maybe Lolita was also inspiration for that trend.
In the 1950s though, I think it was less common in comedies?

Was Doris Day a manic pixie?

 

[Toby Frost]

Off topic question . Did George Orwell and H G Wells ever meet ?

They did and got on quite well for a while, but then fell out quite badly over something. Orwell accused Wells of being naive and out of touch about the danger posed by Hitler, but I've also read that it was something more personal, although I don't know what. It seems that Orwell had rather limited "people skills" and could be blunt to the point of rudeness, so maybe it was inevitable.

 

[JunkMonkey]

It's selling well in Russia at the moment:

'1984,' George Orwell's novel of repression, tops Russian bestseller lists

George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984," set in an imagined future where totalitarian rulers deprive their citizens of all agency in order to maintain support for senseless wars, has topped electronic bestseller lists in Russia.

edition.cnn.com

And (I think still) banned in Belarus:

1984 is Banned in Belarus, Bookstore Owner Detained for Carrying It

The Eastern European country Belarus has banned the sale of 1984, and two booksellers and publishers have been detained for carrying it.

bookriot.com