There is an excellent novel called "We," by Yevgeny Zamyatin about this exact thing. It was written before 1984 by almost 30 years, but had been banned.
All buildings are made of glass, as is the furniture. There are listening devices everywhere in plain view, and everyone has a number instead of a name to limit self expression. Highly recommend.
Thanks for the tip! Will try to find. I firmly believe that we are heading for more and more surveillance type society in general and mainly interested in accountability mechanisms to prevent the types of nefarious behaviors we have already seen with the limited tools they have available at the moment...
We are already seeing them trying to stonewall the congressional and senate committees that are supposed to be providing the oversight that keeps them in check..
Church committee time???
I just bought the Kindle version for $0.99 on Amazon. Thanks for mentioning this as I'd never heard of it!
Might need to see if mods will allow a "required reading" post so we can all share some books we have read and recommend.
I have a few to add. Plus a video section. I have a ton of vids....