We by Yevgeny Zamyatin - The book banned by the Soviets that inspired 1984! (no spoilers review)

[@lawrencefrost9063]

Never heard of your channel but I like it. This was a good review.

[@hugonautspod]

Welcome, so glad you like!

[@JerdGuillaumeSam]

I listened to the BBC R4 dramatized version of this. That was phenomenal. A 7 hour audio sounds like those long drab monotone readings.

[@gordonburroughs2474]

Looks like everyone in my bookclub, including me, rated this three stars when we read this last summer. I gotta say though, Cody, I think you convinced me that there was more here than I remembered. I may reread the next time I examine 1984 and Brave New World just to compare and contrast them all better than just with memory. I read a digital version, which also included old-timey photographs depicting scenes, including some of the pink slip scenes which was…shocking and a tad uncomfortable. I was certainly not expecting it. And I agree with Brent that the literal glass houses were so depressing. I also wondered why they even bothered with the privacy curtain feature at that point. You have seen and been seen by everyone doing everything else, is there really a point now?

[@hugonautspod]

Even OneState couldn’t eliminate being a little embarrassed about your belly fat I guess

[@NorthonBruce]

Accumulator tower, I think was the place where D-503 first time felt like he had intrusive suicidal thoughts, when he was looking down while on a tour as a child. Eventually, I feel like this is planted by authour as the seed for D-503 irrational destructive behaviours.

[@videodiaryofvanna]

I read this as my bed time story so it was perfect for a snooze, it was amazing I can’t wait to read 1984!

[@nicholasjones3207]

Just read the Aplin translation. Enjoyed it somewhat but not as much as the two major books it gets lumped in with. I could see how it influenced those. It influenced the ending of Orwell’s book for sure and is quite a nightmarish world.

[@hugonautspod]

What were the two other books it came packaged with?

[@nicholasjones3207]

I mean 1984 and Brave New World

[@MIKE_THE_BRUMMIE]

I really enjoyed the book but it took me a while because I keep dropping off too haha 'The Machine Stops' is a great t short story

[@hugonautspod]

Yea we love the machine stops also, we made a free audiobook of it, and analysis episode too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWbWkKyofpaiibMsi=XoJCZlxgGGAbn-JR kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKmxk6WGfbatpMUsi=JDQhU0XxtJu-T5wt

[@readingthe20thcentury]

Aaaah, dudes... The Accumulator Tower extracts electricity from the sky! He does mention it at some point, I'm sure. It powers all of the machines in the city. I imagined it like a giant lightning rod or Tesla coil. I wonder if there's a flaw in the translation if you find it ambiguous. I don't speak Russian, but in German 'Akku' means a battery, and would bring to mind something to do with electricity. In Russian, the word 'аккумуля́тор' can mean a 'battery', but I don't think it usually refers to an electrical battery in modern usage.

[@hugonautspod]

Haha thank you for finding this

[@purenonsense7296]

I recognize the look on Brett’s face. At one point he will get some sleep. I’ve read 1984 so I’m probably good to skip this one.

[@hugonautspod]

Haha well glad the episode helped! Sometimes I wish people would have told me to skip a book. Also it’s Brent, btw, not Brett

[@Rolo_Bambino]

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