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This Perfect Day

Auteur(s): Ira Levin
Narrateur(s): Kevin T. Collins
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By the author of Rosemary's Baby, a horrifying journey into a future only Ira Levin could imagine...

Considered one of the great dystopian novels - alongside Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange and Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World - Ira Levin's frightening glimpse into the future continues to fascinate listeners even 40 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 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 Levin's most haunting novels.

©1970 Ira Levin (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers Classiques Dystopique Fantastique Fiction Hard science-fiction Science-fiction
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Not as complex as Brave New World or 1984, seeming to be a synthesis of the two, the ideas are not totally original in This Perfect Day, but well written. Exploring the outcome of communist ideologies mixed with eugenics, Levin's story boils down the purpose and reason behind the creation of this dystopian society by its leaders to a simple and truthful answer (which you'll find out if you listen). Although it might be a common dystopian idea, the twists and turns and adventure of the story are what kept me so engaged with the book. Kevin T. Collins was a great narrator and his depiction of Chip was especially well done. I'd recommend to anyone interested in dystopian novels.

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I had high hopes for this story as I’m a huge fan of Rosemarys Baby, which was such a pleasure to listen to as Mia Farrow did an amazing job.
This story, however, was pretty slow-moving and didn’t excite me much. I was particularly put off by the style of the reader - not my cup of tea at all. I couldn’t finish this story.

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