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by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Gregory Zilboorg
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janeg
janeg rated it 13 years ago
It probably was a mistake to hope that I could replicate the stirrings I had when I first read this book at age 12. What must be lost in translation saddens me further.
The Ninja Reader
The Ninja Reader rated it 13 years ago
200 years after the last revolution, the planet is under the rule of OneState. Buildings are made of transparent glass, aeros float in the air, and people live by following a Table of Hours. D-503 is a mathematician, builder of the rocket INTEGRAL, which would soon take off and put the whole Solar S...
javajunco
javajunco rated it 13 years ago
Pretty much basically just an all around excellent novel. (Review to come)
jaddington
jaddington rated it 13 years ago
Just blew me away. Amazing that it was written in the 1920's.I had to read the end twice just to make sure I had read I thought I had read.It would make a great movie.
FriedEgg
FriedEgg rated it 13 years ago
One can see echoes of this story in other greats of dystopian SF such as Brave New World. Written in the early 1920's it hadn't taken Zamyatin long to realise the logical consequences of the ideological reasoning behind his country's recent revolution. And this is precisely what is explored here, se...
Edward
Edward rated it 14 years ago
Introduction: Zamyatin and the RoosterNotes to IntroductionSuggestions for Further Reading--WeTranslator's Notes
Edward
Edward rated it 14 years ago
Introduction: Zamyatin and the RoosterNotes to IntroductionSuggestions for Further Reading--WeTranslator's Notes
A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it 14 years ago
It's kind of funny that I found myself reading this the night before, and on July 4th. America's celebration of its independence is trivialized in some ways by our waving flags, sloppy parades and drunken fireworks, so it was good to read an intelligent author's vision of what the lack of freedom ca...
Sash from Sash & Em
Sash from Sash & Em rated it 14 years ago
I don't normally do Russian Lit. It's always depressing and stuff. We is no different in the depressing part but it's heartbreaking and that rarely happens in Dystopian novels. I love this book.
Bookake
Bookake rated it 14 years ago
This is one of those books that I knew I'd put off reviewing. When a book is classic, or popular, or iconic.. you just know you'll never find anything original to say that hasn't already been said, or that'll do the book justice.We is set in a future utopian paradise, The One State, ruled by their ...
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