At one point in 1984 Winston Smith, the protagonist of Orwell's novel, tries " to remember in what year he had first heard mention of Big Brother.

William Gibson with his novel Neuromancer ( 1984 ) is likely the most famous writer connected with the term cyberpunk.

He received accolades for his portrayal of Sydney Carton in a made for television version of A Tale of Two Cities ( 1980 ), co-starred with Dennis Hopper in The Osterman Weekend ( 1983 ), which was based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name, and co-starred with Goldie Hawn in Protocol ( 1984 ).

The word " cyberspace " ( from cybernetics and space ) was coined by science fiction novelist and seminal cyberpunk author William Gibson in his 1982 story " Burning Chrome " and popularized by his 1984 novel Neuromancer.

* Jennings Michael Burch-Spent his childhood going through multiple foster homes and wrote the 1984 best selling novel They Cage the Animals at Night which is a memoir of that period of his life.

Though Herbert's novel Dune seems to describe Harkonnen's suspensor belt as simply enabling him to stand and walk upright rather than actually " fly ," both the 1984 film and the 2000 miniseries feature the Baron utilizing the suspensors to levitate off the ground and float through the air in a flying-like manner.

In David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of the first novel, De Vries was played by Brad Dourif.

Heretics of Dune is a 1984 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, fifth in a series of six novels.

* The 1984 Frederick Forsyth novel The Fourth Protocol features an elderly Kim Philby's involvement in a plot to trigger a nuclear explosion in Britain.

Icehenge ( 1984 ) is a science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson.

* Lincoln ( novel ), a 1984 novel by Gore Vidal

Stephenson's first novel, The Big U, published in 1984, was a satirical take on life at American Megaversity, a vast, bland and alienating research university beset by chaotic riots.

Neuromancer is a 1984 novel by William Gibson, a seminal work in the cyberpunk genre and the first winner of the science-fiction " triple crown " — the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award.

The 1984 novel Job: A Comedy of Justice is a sharp satire of organized religion.

King steadfastly denied any connection to Bachman and, to throw fans off the trail, dedicated Bachman's 1984 novel Thinner to " Claudia Inez Bachman ," who was, supposedly, Bachman's wife.

Carter Winston, from " The Survivor ", has a small but important role late in the 1984 tie-in novel The Final Reflection by John M. Ford.

The BBC adapted novels such as The Day of the Triffids ( 1981 ), The Invisible Man ( 1984 ), The Nightmare Man ( 1981, from the novel Child of the Vodyanoi ) and The Tripods ( 1984 – 85 ), which however remained unfinished.

The Hunt for Red October is a 1984 novel by Tom Clancy.

In 1984, DAW Books published Barker's Tékumel novel The Man of Gold.

* Warday 1984 novel.

Gibson coined the term " cyberspace " in his short story " Burning Chrome " ( 1982 ) and later popularized the concept in his debut novel, Neuromancer ( 1984 ).

In the followup 1982 novel, 2010: Odyssey Two, and the accompanying 1984 film, 2010, it is revealed that this action was caused by the computer having been programmed with two conflicting objectives: to fully disclose all its information, and to keep the true purpose of the flight secret from the crew ; this conflict caused HAL to become paranoid and eventually homicidal.

Smith also appeared in a number of films, often as himself ; The Candidate ( 1972 ),, The President's Plane Is Missing ( 1973, a made-for-television production of the Robert J. Serling novel of the same name ), Nashville ( 1975 ), Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( 1977 ), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ( 1982 ), the " The Odd Candidate " ( 1974 ) episode of the television series The Odd Couple ( playing himself ), the " Kill Oscar " episode ( 1977 ) of The Bionic Woman ( playing himself anchoring an ABC newscast ), and both V ( 1983 ) and the subsequent 1984 television series.

* 1911 – Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani Urdu poet, Lenin Peace Prize winner ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

* December 16 – George Ignatieff, Canadian diplomat, recipient of the 1984 Pearson Medal of Peace ( d. 1989 )

The conflict was resolved after the Argentine defeat in the Falkland's by Papal mediation in the Beagle conflict of Pope John Paul II and in the form of a Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina ( Tratado de Paz y Amistad ), granting the islands to Chile and most of the Exclusive economic zone to Argentina ; since then, other border disputes with Chile have been resolved via diplomatic negotiations.

Since the return of democracy, Argentina has also turned into strong proponent of enhanced regional stability in South America, the country revitalized its relationship with Brazil ; and during the 1990s ( after signing the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina ) settled lingering border disputes with Chile ; discouraged military takeovers in Ecuador and Paraguay ; served with the United States, Brazil and Chile as one of the four guarantors of the Ecuador – Peru peace process.

He also narrated television documentaries including Heritage: Civilization and the Jews ( PBS, 1984 ), for which he was host, Israel, A Nation Is Born ( 1992 ), and On the Brink of Peace ( PBS, 1997 ).

For this effort, which united physicians across the Cold War divide, IPPNW was awarded the UNESCO Peace Education Prize in 1984 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985.

In 1984, increasingly withdrawing from politics he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Aztlán has been used as the name of speculative fictional future states that emerge in the southwest US or Mexico after the central US government suffers collapse or major setback ; examples appear in such works as the novels Warday ( 1984 ), by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka ; The Peace War ( 1984 ), by Vernor Vinge ; The House of the Scorpion ( 2002 ), by Nancy Farmer ; and World War Z ( 2006 ), by Max Brooks ; as well as the role-playing game Shadowrun ( 1989 ).

The eastern opening is a wide bay on the border of Chile and Argentina between Punta Dúngeness on the mainland and Cabo del Espíritu Santo on Tierra del Fuego, the border as defined in the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina.

A year later, in September 1984, the Contadora Act on Peace and Co-operation in Central America was also presented.

Drake Passage showing the boundary points A, B, C, D, E and F accorded by the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina

* Peace On Earth ( 1984 )

Among Kennan's numerous other awards and distinctions were the Testimonial of Loyal and Meritorious Service from the Department of State ( 1953 ), Princeton's Woodrow Wilson Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Nation's Service ( 1976 ), the Order of the Pour le Mérite ( 1976 ), the Albert Einstein Peace Prize ( 1981 ), the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade ( 1982 ), the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal ( 1984 ), the American Whig-Cliosophic Society's James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service ( 1985 ), the Franklin D. Roosevelt Foundation Freedom from Fear Medal ( 1987 ), the Presidential Medal of Freedom ( 1989 ), the Distinguished Service Award from the Department of State ( 1994 ), and the Library of Congress Living Legend ( 2000 ).

In 1984, while he was incarcerated, Polish politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Wałęsa nominated him for Peace Prize.

The design was retained when the country gained full independence on 1 January 1984 as Brunei Darussalam ( State of Brunei, Abode of Peace ).

President Ronald Reagan signed the United States Institute of Peace Act that established the Institute in 1984.

" Two-hundred years after Washington circulated his vision to the states President Ronald Reagan signed the United States Institute of Peace Act in 1984.

Prior to USIP's creation in 1984, there was a campaign to create a “ Department of Peace ” by Sen. Jennings Randolph in 1946.

The program is named after U. S. Senator Jennings Randolph who played a key role in the passage and enactment of the United States Institute of Peace Act in 1984.

Formed in 1984, their mission statement is as follows: " The Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America gathers, equips and mobilizes Baptists to build a culture of peace rooted in justice.