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1984

George Orwell

First published 1950
Publisher Signet / New American Library
Format Paperback
Type Novel
Catalog ID 798
Cover art Alan Harmon
Pages 237

Notes

"First printing, July, 1950" on copyright page. Cover artist uncredited but signature visible on lower right, beneath sash; some later printings crop the top and bottom of the painting such that the signature is lost (cf 14th printing, May 1956).

Awards

Year Award Category Status
1975 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
1983 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Nominee/Finalist
1984 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Winner
1987 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist
1998 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 Nominee/Finalist
2024 Goodreads Choice Awards Audiobook Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
1984 1950 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel 798 237
1984 1950 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel 237
1984 1951 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel 237
1984 1951 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel 237
1984 1952 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel 237
1984 1952 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel 237
1984 1952 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel 237
1984 1953 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel 237
1984 1953 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel 237
1984 Cover 1954 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel Alan Harmon 237
1984 1954 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel 237
1984 1955 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel 237
1984 Cover 1956 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel S798 Alan Harmon 237
1984 Cover 1959 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel D1640 Paul Lehr 256
1984 Cover 1960 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel D1640 Paul Lehr 256
1984 Cover 1960 Signet / New American Library Paperback Novel D1640 Paul Lehr 256
1984 Cover 1961 Signet Classic / New American Library Paperback Novel CP100 267
1984 Cover 1961 Signet Classic / New American Library Paperback Novel CP100 267
1984 Cover 1963 Signet Classic / New American Library Paperback Novel CP100 267
1984 Cover 1964 Signet Classic / New American Library Paperback Novel CP100 267
1984 Cover 1964 Signet Classic / New American Library Paperback Novel CP100 267
1984 1966 Signet Classic / New American Library Paperback Novel CT311 267
1984 1983 Plume / New American Library Trade Paperback Novel 267
1984 Cover 1983 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Hardcover Novel 314
1984 1984 Signet Classic / New American Library Paperback Novel 268
1984 1996 Signet Classic / New American Library Paperback Novel 328
1984 1996 Plume Trade Paperback Novel 270
1984 2001 Topeka Bindery Hardcover Novel
1984 Cover 2008 Main Road Books Hardcover Novel 368
1984 Cover 2009 Penguin Books Trade Paperback Novel 368
1984 Cover 2011 Penguin Books (US) Paperback Novel 336
1984 Cover 2017 Penguin Canada Trade Paperback Novel 304
1984 Cover 2017 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Hardcover Novel Mark R. Robinson 298
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