Showing posts with label The Great Fire Of London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Great Fire Of London. Show all posts

Tuesday, 2 September 2014

The Daily Teaser — 2-9-2014: London’s Burning!

Oooh, but that’s better: a (comparatively) good night’s sleep!

A good night’s sleep … 

And a good read.

Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We, so you know: possibly one of the most influential dystopia’s ever written.

Frankly … ?

I’m not sure I was stunned by it: I think 1984 is possibly the better novel.   Although, possibly being able to read it in the original Russian would possibly be an improvement.

‘Not stunned’, thought, isn’t the same as ‘didn’t enjoy’.   Zamyatin’s tale of D:503, his doomed love affair, set against the background of a One State that watches everything?

Does make for an enjoyable read.

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