num_pages: 300
description: Before Brave New World, before 1984 there was WE. In the One State of the great Benefactor, there are no individuals, only numbers. Life is an ongoing process of mathematical precision, a perfectly balanced equation. Primitive passions &amp; instincts are subdued. Even nature has been defeated, banished behind the Green Wall. But one frontier remains: outer space. Now, with the creation of the spaceship Integral, that frontier--&amp; the alien species to be found there--will be subjugated to the beneficent yoke of reason. One number, D-503, chief architect of the Integral, decides to record his thoughts in the final days before the launch for the benefit of less advanced societies. But a chance meeting with the beautiful 1-330 results in an unexpected discovery threatening everything D-503 believes about himself &amp; the One State: the discovery, or rediscovery, of inner space &amp; that disease the ancients called the soul. A page-turning SF adventure, a masterpiece of wit &amp; black humor accurately predicting the horrors of Stalinism, We is a classic dystopian novel. Its message of hope &amp; warning remains timely.
language: English
title: We: A Novel of the Future
titlecomplete: We: A Novel of the Future
characters: S-4711, I-330, D-503, R-13, O-90
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Science Fiction, Classics, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Russian Literature, Russia, Fiction, Dystopia
ratings_count: 93316
places: OneState
awards: awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: Deutscher Hörbuchpreis
category: Bestes Hörspiel
publisher: Transaction Pub Large Print