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"We" by Zamyatin is one of the best books I read all of last year. It's out of copy right, so freely downloadable too. Found it much more compelling than either
by heisenbergs 6y ago
"We" by Zamyatin is one of the best books I read all of last year. It's out of copy right, so freely downloadable too. Found it much more compelling than either a brave new world or 1984, even though both those books are also great. "We" seemed much more coherent and thought through.
Reading his back story makes this even more interesting, given that he was living in a totalitarian state. I'd recommend reading his Wikipedia entry too.
In short: highly recommended reading.
- ylem 6y agoI read it in college for a science fiction class. It was amazing. Orwell also thought so(https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/jun/08/george-orwell-1984-zamyatin-we https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/jun/08/geor...).
- m463 6y agohttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61963 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61963
- a-dub 6y agoYes, one of my all time favorites.
- vageli 6y agoIs there any specific translation you'd recommend?
- opsgal 6y agoNatasha Randall's is the best I've found. She's thoughtful in how she approaches grey areas of translation.
- newscracker 6y agoIn a nicely formatted version by Standard eBooks here: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/yevgeny-zamyatin/we/gregory-zilboorg https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/yevgeny-zamyatin/we/gregor...