We: A Novel of the Future (Transaction Large Print Books)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.75 (853 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1560004770 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 239 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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critical mess said Two Stars. I found it confusing and poorly written (possibly due to translation), so I read very little.. wiredweird said Technological dystopia from the early Soviet era. The book is remarkable for when it was written, at least as much as for what was written in it. First, though, the 'what' is well worth the attention.The setting is some time after a long and destructive war, within the enclave of the victors, or so they style themselves. They have created a technological heaven on earth, tamed the wind and waves to human use, and very nearly tamed the human animal. Nearly, but not quite. D-50Technological dystopia from the early Soviet era The book is remarkable for when it was written, at least as much as for what was written in it. First, though, the 'what' is well worth the attention.The setting is some time after a long and destructive war, within the enclave of the victors, or so they style themselves. They have created a technological heaven on earth, tamed the wind and waves to human use, and very nearly tamed the human animal. Nearly, but not quite. D-503 (the protago. (the protago. First time I'd heard of the writing's influence on "1984" Joseph D. McGillicuddy First time I'd heard of the writing's influence on "1984". Written by an engineer also, giving Physicist Issac Asimov's technical insight to the story.
-- Kirkus Reviews""We" is one of the great novels of the twentieth century."-- Irving Howe"One of the best!"-- "New York Review of Books""As the first major anti-utopian fantasy "We has its own peculiar wryness and grace, sharper than the pamphleteering of "1984" or thephilosophical scheme of "Brave New World, " its celebrated descendants."-- "Kirkus Reviews""Fantastic."-- "The New York Times" . "As the first major anti-utopian fantasy has its own peculiar wryness and grace, sharper than the pamphleteering of 1984 or the philosophical schema of Brave New World, its celebrated descendants"
Their food is derived from petroleum, and they believe that their totally restricted existence under the watchful eye of the Benefactor is the ideal. The author, an acknowledged satirist in his own right, set the stage for Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984.. They do not mourn the passing of the creative human spirit; indeed, they are hardly aware it ever existed. More than half a century later, We remains a strange and telling tragicomedy of love and death. First published in the West in 1924, We is an adventurous story of the future nameless "numbers," the two-tenths of the world's population that survived the Great Two Hundred Years War