"close general election in 1991 (the novel was published in 1984). Labour Party leader Raymond Gould becomes Prime Minister in the original British edition of the novel, which ends with King Charles III inviting Kerslake to Buckingham Palace and informing him that he intends to make Gould his first Prime Minister. However, in the U.S. edition, Gould is invited to Buckingham Palace. King Charles III then informs him that in fact, Kerslake is to become the Prime Minister. First Among Equals (novel) First Among Equals is a 1984 novel by British author Jeffrey Archer, which follows the careers and personal"
"""Room 101"", to which her friend Alan Moore quipped, ""There's nothing that woman can't turn into a literary reference"". (Room 101, in the climax of George Orwell's ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"", is the basement torture chamber in which the Party attempts to subject a prisoner to his or her own worst fears.) At Brandeis University she engaged in undergraduate coursework in Classics at a time when Angela Davis was also at the university. She became interested in writing novels, and moved to California to attend University of California, San Diego where David Antin, Eleanor Antin, and Jerome Rothenberg were among her teachers."
"by changing history, and changing the words in articles about events current and past, so that Big Brother and his government are always seen in a good light and can never do any wrong. The content is more propaganda than actual news. The following are the sections or departments of the ministry mentioned in the text: The novel's popularity has resulted in the term ""Room 101"" being used to represent a place where unpleasant things are done. In ""The Ricky Gervais Show"", Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant play a game called ""Room 102"", based on the concept of ""Room 101"","
"thoughtcriminals as part of the process of reverting them to orthodox thought. This is typical of the language of Newspeak, in which words and names frequently contain both an idea and its opposite; the orthodox party member is nonetheless able to resolve these contradictions through the disciplined use of doublethink. Room 101, introduced in the climax of the novel, is the basement torture chamber in the Ministry of Love, in which the Party attempts to subject a prisoner to his or her own worst nightmare, fear or phobia, with the object of breaking down their resistance. Such is the purported"
"Love 101 Love 101 is a 2000 comedy film that was directed by Adrian Fulle. The movie first released to theaters on February 14, 2000 and stars Michael Muhney and Jeff Anderson as two college students that find their friendship threatened by the introduction of a new girl. Over Thanksgiving break, while his roommate is away from campus, pretty boy Andrew (Michael Muhney) sleeps with Shayna (Mary Kay Cook), his roommate Joe's (Jim Slonina) dream girl. When Shayna starts a relationship with Joe, attempting to make Andrew jealous, it causes a rift in the boys' friendship. ""The A.V. Club"" panned"
"The Room (novel) The Room is the second novel by Hubert Selby, Jr., first published in 1971. The novel centers on a nameless petty criminal locked in a remand cell, and explores his feelings of impotence, hatred and rage, and fantasies of revenge. Selby described the critical reception of the book as ""the greatest reviews I've ever read in my life"", although in reality it was not well received. The novel was regarded by Selby as the most disturbing book ever written, and Selby stated that he himself was unable to read it again for 20 years. At least one"
"for with a generous supply of sincerity."" Love 101 Love 101 is a 2000 comedy film that was directed by Adrian Fulle. The movie first released to theaters on February 14, 2000 and stars Michael Muhney and Jeff Anderson as two college students that find their friendship threatened by the introduction of a new girl. Over Thanksgiving break, while his roommate is away from campus, pretty boy Andrew (Michael Muhney) sleeps with Shayna (Mary Kay Cook), his roommate Joe's (Jim Slonina) dream girl. When Shayna starts a relationship with Joe, attempting to make Andrew jealous, it causes a rift in"
"put any object into Room 101 unchallenged, but this feature was dropped for the second series in the current format. In the fourth series, Christian Jessen was permitted a ""bonus choice"" where he sent German pop music into Room 101 unchallenged. As of the 16th series the entire concept of items being divided into categories has been dropped and each round is now essentially a ""Wildcard round"" where guests can nominate anything they want to go into Room 101. Room 101 (game show) Room 101 was a BBC comedy television series based on the radio series of the same name,"
"Room One Room One is a children's book by Andrew Clements. Part of his School series, it was released by Simon & Schuster in 2006. It won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery. ""Room One"" is a story about sixth grader Ted Hammond. He is an avid mystery fan and detective. But on one of his normal newspaper routes, he looks into the Andersons' house. He sees a mysterious face through the attic window. He passes by but soon remembers that the Andersons moved out years ago. That's when Ted became determined to find out whose, or what's,"
"The Red Room (Strindberg novel) The Red Room () is a Swedish novel by August Strindberg that was first published in 1879. A satire of Stockholm society, it has frequently been described as the first modern Swedish novel. In this novel Strindberg reflects his own experiences of living in poverty while writing this novel during February to November 1879. While receiving mixed reviews in Sweden, it was acclaimed in Denmark, where Strindberg was hailed as a genius. As a result of ""The Red Room"", Strindberg became famous throughout Scandinavia. Edvard Brandes wrote that it ""makes the reader want to join"
"The Living Room (play) The Living Room is a 1953 play by Graham Greene; it was the first play he wrote in his career. The play consists of two acts, each of two scenes and is set entirely in the living room of Rose Pemberton and her two elderly aunts who live with the aunts' brother James, a disabled Roman Catholic priest. The aunts have a long running fear of death in the house, with any bedroom being locked away from further use following a death of its resident family member. The story resolves around the introduction of Rose's new"
"Man Walks Into a Room Man Walks Into a Room, published in the United States by Doubleday on May 1, 2002, is the first novel by American writer Nicole Krauss. Set in 1957 and the present day, the novel, which is a meditation on memory and personal history, solitude and intimacy, tells the story of Samson Greene, a young and popular professor at Columbia University, who is found wandering in the Nevada desert with no memory of his previous life. Samson Greene is found wandering in the Nevada desert and is identified by the ID in his wallet as he"
"omniscience of the state in the society of ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" that even a citizen's nightmares are known to the Party. The nightmare, and therefore the threatened punishment, of the protagonist Winston Smith is to be attacked by rats. This is manifested in Room 101 by confronting Smith with a wire cage that contains two large rats. The front of the cage is shaped so that it can fit over a person's face. A trap-door is then opened, allowing the rats to devour the victim's face. This cage is fitted over Smith's face, but he saves himself by begging the authorities"
"Ice in the Bedroom Ice in the Bedroom is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published as a book in the United States (where the title was ""The Ice in the Bedroom"") on February 2, 1961 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, and in the United Kingdom on October 15, 1961 by Herbert Jenkins, London. The story was originally published, in a condensed version, in the November 5, 1960, issue of the ""Toronto Star Weekly"". It features several Wodehouse characters from earlier books, including Drones Freddie Widgeon and Oofy Prosser, and the trio of criminals, ""Chimp"" Twist and ""Soapy"""
"101"" does not imply a school or a classroom: in fact, Channel 101 derives its name from the prevailing Hollywood method of numbering a TV show's seasons and episodes. Since it is a festival for pilots, all of the screenings start off as episode ""101"" of their series. The idea for Channel 101 began in 2001, when Schrab invited several friends over for a screening of ""Jaws 4"", but challenged them to bring a short film predicting what would happen in the movie. In 2002, three more short film challenges were issued, but the group of viewers outgrew Schrab’s living"
"Room 104 Room 104 is an American television anthology series created by Jay and Mark Duplass. The series, ordered by and airing on HBO, debuted on July 28, 2017. On August 24, 2017, the series was renewed for a second season. The 12-episode second season aired between November 9 and December 15, 2018. The series is set in a single room of an American hotel located in New York, exploring characters who pass through it in each episode. Each episode is a different genre with some episodes more comical in nature and some more dramatic and some with horror and"
"1999 novel ""Inconceivable"", and also that of the evil nazi-sympathiser Ezzy Pound in Michael Paraskos's 2016 novel ""In Search of Sixpence."" In George Orwell's 1948 novel ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" the building housing the Ministry of Truth, in which the lead character Winston Smith works, is based on Broadcasting House. The head of BBC history, Robert Seatter, said ""He reputedly based his notorious Room 101 from ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" on a room he had worked in whilst at the BBC. On 7 November 2017 a statue of Orwell, sculpted by the British sculptor Martin Jennings, was unveiled, outside Broadcasting House. The wall behind"
"domain. There is also a 2009 translation by Peter Graves. American literary critic John Albert Macy (husband of Anne Sullivan) wrote in his ""The Critical Game"" (published in 1922): The Red Room (Strindberg novel) The Red Room () is a Swedish novel by August Strindberg that was first published in 1879. A satire of Stockholm society, it has frequently been described as the first modern Swedish novel. In this novel Strindberg reflects his own experiences of living in poverty while writing this novel during February to November 1879. While receiving mixed reviews in Sweden, it was acclaimed in Denmark, where"
"Room 401 Room 401 is a hidden camera/reality television series on MTV, executive produced by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg. It is named after the room Harry Houdini died in at Detroit's Grace Hospital in 1926. The show also used some of his famous acts. ""Room 401"" took unaware victims into the center of pranks that played like mini horror movies. From the reanimation of the dead, to chain-saw mishaps, each episode contains four ""scares"" or pranks. The show was hosted by Jared Padalecki from the CW's ""Supernatural"". The show was created by Rico de la Vega and Chris Gongora"
"""Room 101"" with Paul Merton in 2000. In 1991, he was appearing in stand-up shows such as ""The Happening"", ""Packing Them In"", ""The Stand Up Show"" and ""The Comedy Store"". He also appeared as captain on two panel games, an ITV music quiz pilot called ""Pop Dogs"", and the Channel 4 science fiction quiz show ""Space Cadets"". ""Is it Bill Bailey?"" was the first time he had written and presented his own show. Over the next few years, Bailey made guest appearances on shows such as ""Have I Got News for You"", ""World Cup Comedy"", ""Room 101"", ""Des O'Connor Tonight"","
"in which Karl Pilkington has to decide what things he dislikes enough to put in Room 102. This would result, according to their game, in these things being erased from existence. In the 2011 ""Doctor Who"" episode ""The God Complex"", The Doctor and his companions find themselves in a hotel full of their own personal Room 101s, each with their greatest fear in it. In the 2002 game """" there is a floating rock known as ""The Ministry of Truth"". Ministries of Nineteen Eighty-Four The Ministries of Love, Peace, Plenty, and Truth are ministries in George Orwell's futuristic dystopian novel"
"Murder 101 (film) Murder 101 (also stylized as ""Murder101"" and known under the working title of ""C.L.A.S.S."") is an American horror film that was directed by Michael Phillip Edwards. The film was released to DVD on June 10, 2014 and had a limited theatrical release on June 13, 2014. It stars Tom Sizemore and Paige LaPierre, and follows a female law student that gets caught up in a twisted game of cat and mouse. Filming took place in Los Angeles, California during 2010. Fiona (Paige LaPierre) is a beautiful and highly intelligent young law student that is eager to take"
"after soliciting the opinion of the studio audience. The 2012 revamp introduced a panel format with three guests competing to have their pet hates consigned to Room 101, a decision made by the host. Memorable guests have included Ricky Gervais, Spike Milligan, Stephen Fry, Boris Johnson, Ben Miller and Ian Hislop (the only person to appear twice on the show in its original format). Stephen Fry went as far as to put ""Room 101"" itself into Room 101. A Dutch version of ""Room 101"" started on 24 February 2008, but was short-lived. An Israeli version of the show was broadcast"
"reviewer has expressed similar feelings, with claims that reading the novel made him physically sick. It has been described as ""a terrifying journey into the darkest corners of the psyche."" A section of ""The Room"" is used in Richard Linklater's ""Waking Life"", where a red-faced man in a jail cell describes in vivid detail the abuse he intends to inflict once he is released. The Room (novel) The Room is the second novel by Hubert Selby, Jr., first published in 1971. The novel centers on a nameless petty criminal locked in a remand cell, and explores his feelings of impotence,"
"million. The Bollywood movie ""Horror Story"" is based on this. 1408 (short story) ""1408"" is a short story by Stephen King. It is the third tale in the audiobook collection titled ""Blood and Smoke"", released in 1999. In 2002, it was collected in written form as the 12th story in King's collection ""Everything's Eventual"". In the introduction to the story, King says that ""1408"" is his version of what he calls the ""Ghostly Room at the Inn"", his term for the theme of haunted hotel or motel rooms in horror fiction. He originally wrote the first few pages as part"
"those he didn't would not. Should the guest succeed in getting three items into the room, they would be allowed to choose one rejected item to go in. Should they get too few items in, an item previously put into the room would get a reprieve (this only happened to Caroline Quentin, who released Paul Daniels – he was later put back in by Jim Davidson and was eventually a guest). Incidental music (from a fictional Room 101 radio station) would be played as the item went along the conveyor belt into oblivion. When Merton became keeper in 1999, the"
"The Room (play) The Room is Harold Pinter's first play, written and first produced in 1957. Considered by critics the earliest example of Pinter's ""comedy of menace"", this play has strong similarities to Pinter's second play, ""The Birthday Party"", including features considered hallmarks of Pinter's early work and of the so-called Pinteresque: dialogue that is comically familiar and yet disturbingly unfamiliar, simultaneously or alternatingly both mundane and frightening; subtle yet contradictory and ambiguous characterizations; a comic yet menacing mood characteristic of mid-twentieth-century English tragicomedy; a plot featuring reversals and surprises that can be both funny and emotionally moving; and an"
"Hotel Room Hotel Room (also called David Lynch's Hotel Room) is an American drama anthology series that aired for three half-hour episodes on HBO on January 8, 1993, with a repeat the next night. Created by Monty Montgomery and David Lynch (who directed two episodes), each drama stars a different cast and takes place in hotel room number 603 of the New York City-based ""Railroad Hotel"", in the years 1969, 1992, and 1936, respectively. The three episodes were created to be shown together in the form of a feature-length pilot, with the hope that if they were well received, a"
"Living Room (play) Living Room is a play by the British writer Esther McCracken. The play's original West End run at the Garrick Theatre lasted for 142 performances between 9 June and 9 October 1943, after a premiere at Richmond Theatre under the working title ""White Elephants"". Its plot concerns slum clearance and the effect it has on various people. The original cast included Lloyd Pearson, Fred Groves, Louise Hampton and Jane Baxter. McCracken followed it the next year with one of her biggest hits ""No Medals"". Both plays tackled more serious subjects than the light comedies she had made"
"Room (novel) Room is a 2010 novel by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue. The story is told from the perspective of a five-year-old boy, Jack, who is being held captive in a small room along with his mother. Donoghue conceived the story after hearing about five-year-old Felix in the Fritzl case. The novel was longlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize and won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional prize (Caribbean and Canada); was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2010 and was shortlisted for the 2010 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the 2010 Governor General's Awards. The film adaptation,"
"closely connected to her life and her past, leading her to suspect that someone close to her is the killer. Murder 101 (film) Murder 101 (also stylized as ""Murder101"" and known under the working title of ""C.L.A.S.S."") is an American horror film that was directed by Michael Phillip Edwards. The film was released to DVD on June 10, 2014 and had a limited theatrical release on June 13, 2014. It stars Tom Sizemore and Paige LaPierre, and follows a female law student that gets caught up in a twisted game of cat and mouse. Filming took place in Los Angeles,"
"middle section into the film ""Lore"" in 2012. The Dark Room (Seiffert novel) The Dark Room (2001) is a novel by British writer Rachel Seiffert. The novel is composed of three unrelated novellas set in pre and post World War II Germany. In 1920s Berlin a boy is born with a slight birth defect of the arm. When he graduates school he becomes an apprentice at a photographer's workshop while at the same time taking an interest in the comings and goings of trains. Despite unintentionally witnessing and photographing a violent roundup of Romani people he remains ignorant of the"
"The Dark Room (Seiffert novel) The Dark Room (2001) is a novel by British writer Rachel Seiffert. The novel is composed of three unrelated novellas set in pre and post World War II Germany. In 1920s Berlin a boy is born with a slight birth defect of the arm. When he graduates school he becomes an apprentice at a photographer's workshop while at the same time taking an interest in the comings and goings of trains. Despite unintentionally witnessing and photographing a violent roundup of Romani people he remains ignorant of the significance of what he has seen and dreams"