This Perfect Day - Couverture souple

Levin, Ira

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 160598129X ISBN 13 : 9781605981291

Editeur : Pegasus Books, 2010

Synopsis

Considered one of the great dystopian novels alongside Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World Ira Levin's frightening glimpse into the future continues to fascinate readers even forty years after publication. The story is set in a seemingly perfect global society. Uniformity is the defining feature; there is only one language and all ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into one race called The Family. The world is ruled by a central computer called UniComp that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. People are continually drugged by means of regular injections so that they can never realize their potential as human beings, but will remain satisfied and cooperative. They are told where to live, when to eat, whom to marry, when to reproduce. even the basic facts of nature are subject to the UniComp's will men do not grow facial hair, women do not develop breasts, and it only rains at night. With a vision as frightening as any in the history of the science fiction genre, This Perfect Day is one of Ira Levins most haunting novels."

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Marvellously entertaining. A cross between Brave New World and Doctor Who. Look Magazine Considered one of the greatest dystopian thrillers ever written, Ira Levins terrifying glimpse into the future continues to fascinate readers forty years after its initial publication. Set in a seemingly perfect global society, where uniformity is the defining feature, one man leads the resistance against UniComp a central computer that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. All ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into a single race called The Family, and citizens are continually drugged so that they can never realise their potential as human beings, but will remain pliant and cooperative With a vision as frightening as any in the history of the science fiction genre, This Perfect Day is one of Levins most haunting novels.

Biographie de l'auteur

IRA LEVIN is the author of Rosemary's Baby, The Boys from Brazil, The Stepford Wives, and other bestsellers, as well as Broadway's longest-running thriller, Deathtrap. He has won two Edgar Awards and the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association. He died in 2007.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pegasus Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 160598129X
• ISBN 13: 9781605981291
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 317
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible