Nalo,
I really meant _Brave New World_. I always have trouble with original
titles becouse I read most of them in Russian, and they often change the
title while translating the book. I never read _1984_, though. Isn't it
by George Orwell?
It might be funny, but when I read _Brave New World_ (I was about 12) I
found the society there strangely attractive. The fact that they all were
happy, because each caste was convinced that their place in hierarchy was
the best one. I don't think so anymore but I used to. I also liked the
fact that the most intelligent people, the one who chose to rebel against
status quo, were not killed, but instead became part of those who ruled
the world. It was kind of ironic that the intention to destroy the system
was the reason to be put on the top of it.
If anyone read the book please tell me what you think about it.
Marina
On Sun, 6 Jul 1997, Nalo Hopkinson wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, MARINA YERESHENKO wrote:>
> > Zamiatin's _We_ is about an anti-utopical future society, where
> > everything is strictly regulated.
> >_We_ is often compared with _The Great New World_.
>
> NH: _Brave New World?_ That's one I have still to read. I was told that
> _We_ was the inspiration for H. G. Wells's _1984._
>
> -nalo
>
>
> "Straight she's fantastical, they all do cry."
> -Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle,
> "Nature's Pictures," 1656
>
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