2029: The Sequel to 1984

by John Weaver

In 2029, the world no longer needs to burn books—it rewrites them in real time.
Governments have dissolved into corporate alliances, algorithms determine truth, and every citizen is tracked not just by what they do, but by what they think. In this chilling vision of the near future, history is no longer a record of what happened—it’s a fluid, ever-updated script written by those in control. One man, assigned a minor clerical role in the Ministry of Continuity, discovers a faint anomaly in the system—an unedited moment of truth—and sets off a chain of events that could either restore reality or erase it forever.

With 2029, Orwell’s prophetic voice reaches from the past to warn us of the future we are building in the present. Stark, claustrophobic, and disturbingly plausible, this novel fuses the suffocating surveillance of 1984 with the algorithmic manipulation of the 21st century. It is a book for anyone who wonders how close we already are to living in a world where every truth is temporary—and every mind is open to editing.

172 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 12, 2025

Reviews

[Phoebe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was not written by George Orwell, it does pretend to have been, however when you make it to the end you realize it is not. The copywrite page and the curator’s note (author’s note) at the end make that quite clear. You do have to dig a little to find this information. The author on the kindle page also makes it clear it was written by John Weaver.
It is also no written with Orwell’s style, that is quite clear through the whole book. The formatting is much different, the stylized langue is different, and I think the concepts were not presented as thoroughly.

I think it was a well written book, by the author who in fact is different than Orwell. I think he did that to capture the attention of readers and made it a “follow-up” of concepts. It is absolutely in no way the same, nor is it a continuation of the original story line of 1984. It does help to be familiar with 1984 before reading this, but probably not necessary to understand this book. I think simply being a human in a post-developed nation is enough for you to understand the concepts presented. It is not half as prophetical as 1984, because it seems the author seems to have access to the info of today and has written about today from a dystopian perspective. It was published in 2025.

I enjoyed this book and think as a stand lone book it is captivating for audiences and offers a feeling of positive closure from the doomed 1984 prophetic warnings. Not to say that it’s a fuzzy, feel-good correction to 1984, simply that humanity should have hope and persevere through whatever totalitarian surveillance may come, because we can hope that humanity will endure through such uncertainty and can come out on the other side. 1984 is not the end of everything, totalitarianism does not have to be the inevitable forever future.

[Mary Breanna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two stars for the use of George Orwell's name and zero indication of how much (if any) of this book was actually written by him. There's possible reference to it at the end where it says this is curated from scraps, but even that reads as part of the story, not a direct explanation of why this book bears Orwell's name. Hard to look past that.

This was more like an outline of a book. Individual thoughts captured and cut and pasted on the pages. No real definition or explanation of most concepts. It was frustrating to follow. Not difficult, but frustrating.

Of course, the warnings to humanity are on full display here. But they wax pretentious. Not an enjoyable read.