My favourite work of fiction is George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. I defy anyone to read it today and not find striking and chilling parallels with the world we’re living in. An outstanding piece by Brendan O’Neill, the editor of Spiked:
http://www.spiked-online.com/freespeechnow/fsn_article/policing-private-speech-the-new-inquisition#.U39vjV5waM8