I’m about halfway through We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. It was originally published in the 1920s, and has a lot of the hallmarks of sci-fi of the era: everything’s made of glass, everyone has access to personal helicopters, Government scientists can do imagination-ectomy procedures on subjects to keep them in line, everyone has a number instead of a name. It’s very “in the year 1999” kinda vibe. I like it. Also a pretty snappy read, I’m not struggling to get through it like some other so-called masterpieces (one day I’ll make it through Gravity’s Rainbow… maybe)
I’m about halfway through We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. It was originally published in the 1920s, and has a lot of the hallmarks of sci-fi of the era: everything’s made of glass, everyone has access to personal helicopters, Government scientists can do imagination-ectomy procedures on subjects to keep them in line, everyone has a number instead of a name. It’s very “in the year 1999” kinda vibe. I like it. Also a pretty snappy read, I’m not struggling to get through it like some other so-called masterpieces (one day I’ll make it through Gravity’s Rainbow… maybe)
I’ve read this one. It’s very good.