I read this a few weeks months?! ago, and I’m not sure why I haven’t written the review yet. I want to talk about it intelligently because I really loved it. Unfortunately, intelligent writing has eluded me lately. Had to write the review today, though, as it was one of my Dystopian Challenge books.
This book preceded and heavily influenced both 1984 and Brave New World. People have no names, just letters and numbers. They plan on going on to other planets to compel others to adopt their mathematically-minded happiness. Emotions aren’t allowed. They live in glass apartments. Everything ‘human’ is discouraged. But. . . a rebel faction is present in and outside ‘the wall.’ Will those inside the wall learn to be truly human?
Side note: A few weeks ago I saw the movie Equilibrium starring Christian Bale, and it surely had to be influenced by this novel. If you’re interested in the dystopian genre, it’s a must-see. See my review here.
1924, 232 pp.
Rating: 4.5
I saw the movie Equilibrium recently. It was very good and my family liked it even better than the Matrix.
So glad you enjoyed Equilibrium, Amy!!! It’s so little known, but such a good movie.
i’ve added We to my to-read list and sent my husband in search of Equilibrium on DVD. thanks!
Alison, let me know what you think of Equilibrium!
i liked equilibrium, thx for the heads up, i know it’s at least a lot like 1984
To all the liberal socialists out there. Read this book! This is where your ideology
ends up. One of the best dystopian novels out there. Check out Phil Dick’s Man in the High Castle and The Last Man by Mary Shelley. Before Orwell and Huxley there was Zamyatin!
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