"1984", and the description of the "Old Empire" government and the Earth prison planet activities in the transcripts of the "Alien Interviews" with Airl. For example, a few of these are parallels cited in the following excerpt from the internet encyclopedia, Wikipedia.org: The Thought Police capture Winston and Julia in their sanctuary bedroom and they are separately interrogated at the Ministry of Love, where the regime's opponents are tortured and killed, but sometimes released (to be executed at a later date Charrington, the shopkeeper who rented them the room reveals himself an officer of the Thought Police. In the Ministry of Love torture chamber, O'Brien tells Smith that he will be cured of his hatred for the Party. During a session, he explains to Winston that torture's purpose is to alter his way of thinking, not to extract a fake confession, adding that once cured — accepting reality as the Party describes — he then will be executed electroshock torture will achieve that, continuing until O'Brien decides Winston is cured" For complete comparative analysis, read the book, "1984" or read the entire reference to the book on the internet at Wikipedia.org, excerpted below