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Reddit mentions of We (Modern Library Classics)
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Reddit mentions: 12
We found 12 Reddit mentions of We (Modern Library Classics). Here are the top ones.
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Specs:
Color | Multicolor |
Height | 8 Inches |
Length | 5.18 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | July 2006 |
Weight | 0.38801358112 Pounds |
Width | 0.51 Inches |
We - by Yevgeny Zamyatin
>First published in the Soviet 1920s, Zamyatin's dystopic novel left an indelible watermark on 20th-century culture, from Orwell's 1984 to Terry Gilliam's movie Brazil. Randall's exciting new translation strips away the Cold War connotations and makes us conscious of Zamyatin's other influences, from Dostoyevski to German expressionism. D-503 is a loyal "cipher" of the totalitarian One State, literally walled in by glass; he is a mathematician happily building the world's first rocket, but his life is changed by meeting I-330, a woman with "sharp teeth" who keeps emerging out of a sudden vampirish dusk to smile wickedly on the poor narrator and drive him wild with desire. (When she first forces him to drink alcohol, the mind leaps to Marlene Dietrich in The Blue Angel.) In becoming a slave to love, D-503 becomes, briefly, a free man.
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From Russia, I would add Yevgeny Zamyatin's We, it arguably was the first of the modern dystopia novels and clearly inspired 1984. Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind and Harper Lee's Too Kill a Mockingbird are widely regarded as the essential southern literature. From France, I would read Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. It's really a book like non-other and you really haven't read the best until you're attempted it (make sure you find a good translation!).
if you like this book, i HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend reading We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin. It predates Nineteen Eighty-Four (written in 1921) and is said to have influenced it, along with Brave New World and many others.
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I recently read We for the first time, and that moved up to the top of my list of dystopians.
She probably has all of the books you've mentioned if she really likes them, bookish people usually do... A special edition might be an idea, but I won't be able to help you with that, I go for cheap paperbacks due to money ;)
I'm tempted to recommend "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin, it's not sci-fi classic per se, but it's a dystopian classic, she would probably like it if she likes Brave New World, but again, she might already have it. Still I'm sure she'd be thrilled to get a thoughtful thank you gift from you, even if she's read it before or even has a copy... Here's a link to that book on amazon, if you want to have a look: amazon link
If she does like classic sci-fi, here are some old-school, hard sci-fi (but it's not all just spaceships and aliens) that she might enjoy and possibly even not have, since a couple of the authors aren't from English speaking countries:
Read We then next.
Obligatory wiki links: Dystopian Literature. Although, some of the titles listed don't seem to fit (The Dispossessed?). Nuclear holocaust fiction, and your general apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction.
Some of the better/more popular ones:
Zombies: World War Z, Raise the Dead, Marvel Zombies, Zombie Survival Guide, Day By Day Armageddon, I Am Legend.
Also, just for kicks, some of my favorite dystopian movies:
Brazil, Soylent Green, 12 Monkeys, Blade Runner, Akira, Children of Men, Dark City, A Boy and His Dog, Logan's Run, Idiocracy, Equillibrium.
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If you liked 1984 (or Brave New World) you should check out "We". It was the book that inspired both 1984 and Brave New York. It's fantastic and you can see where a lot of elements from both other books got their inspiration.
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is right up your alley. It's very dark, dystopian, and has sci-fi elements. This book came out in the 1920's, WAY before 1984 or Brave New World. It is difficult at some points but really challenges you and it made me question a lot of things about myself. Good luck getting out of the slump, I am in one myself
I'd also recommend We. Both Brave New World and 1984 were influenced heavily by it