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Originally Posted by levite
To my mind, the best literary exemplar of the genre is Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange. A raucously chilling bit of dystopia; if you read it, be sure to get an edition with a glossary in back.
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I have to disagree with this. I think gradually figuring out the language through context is an important part of the book. Besides, if Burgess had intended for readers to understand every word from the start, he wouldn't have bothered creating a whole slang vocabulary for the book, or he would have at least included a glossary in the original. It took a little to get used to, but I think I enjoyed the book more by figuring it out myself than if I had used a glossary the whole time. Context provides all the necessary clues.