Talk:This Perfect Day

message: Changed this sentence:
"People are continually drugged by means of regular injections so that they can never realize their potential as free agents.
Removed the links around "free agent" as that article is about professional sports. 
On a different note, I am sorry to see that the novel is out of print. Given the popularity of Levin's other works, I am surprised that no one has tried to adapt this one, despite the obvious technical and narrative obstacles. It seems well suited to perhaps a cable mini-series. User:Ellsworth 22:36, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Changes

message: Perfect Day, The
Perfect Day, The
Perfect Day, The
I don't want to appear too pedantic, but I believe this way of referring to a work of art is only used if the first word is an article (but not a demonstrative pronoun). <KF> 23:08, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC)
KF, yes my bad.  Fixed. Cburnett 23:31, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Too pedantic

message: Christ, Marx, Wood and Wei<BR>
Led us to this perfect day. <BR>
Marx, Wood, Wei and Christ<BR>
All but Wei were sacrificed.<BR>
Wood, Wei, Christ and Marx <BR>
Gave us lovely schools and parks.<BR>
Wei, Christ, Marx and Wood<BR>
Made us humble, made us good.<BR>
— child's rhyme for bouncing a ball
I wrote that from memory. I believe I have read this book at least 6 times in its entirety. I'm shocked to see this classic technocratic novel so poorly treated. Compare such unbalanced yet still popular efforts as Logan's Run and THX 1138. This Perfect Day deserves better, and I shall provide. — Xiong熊talk* 07:10, 2005 August 5 (UTC)
:Go for it, dude!. I tried to do what I could but I haven't cracked the book in about 20 years. Ellsworth 20:07, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hereby implemented. --Peter Knutsen 11:22, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

text: On a slightly related note, I saw that the Harrison Bergeron page is tagged as 'Category:Dystopian fiction' while this page is not, meaning that it's hard to find one story from the other. I thought this was a problem, so I added Dystopian fiction to This Perfect Day. Now it's listed both under Dystopian novels and under Dystopian fiction, since it fits in both. --Kadin2048 06:47, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brother-fighter! 

message: I'd hate to have to defend this without the benefit of the text open before me -- but: 
I agree that the back-character of Wood is not well-developed. Wei is shown clearly as the pioneer of "chemotherapy" -- that is, mass drugging of the people. Christ and Marx are, of course, historical figures. The former contributes the value of meekness while the latter justifies the extreme socialism of Levin's dystopia. 
I do believe that Wood is the force behind UniComp -- he is the archetypical technocrat who maintains that men are unable to govern themelves. Therefore, a machine must be built to govern them. John Reid 11:00, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robert Wood 

message: The article states that "Everyone... drinks coke". That is not correct. There are two drinks to chose from. Children and teenagers are depicted as drinking "coke", whereas adults are depicted as drinking tea. It is not clear whether this is legally enforced (in the sense that Uni would refuse an adult's request for a coke, or a young person's request for a container of tea) or merely a deeply ingrained custom.--Peter Knutsen 19:12, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beverages 

message: I see a number of requested changes stated on this Talk page that have not been reflected to the actual article.  I would be happy to incorporate them as well as a some of my own suggestions to make the article of this work of art "more complete".  Any objections, questions, comments? --Knssilm 21:44, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Unreflected Suggestions

message: This book is shown in the TV show "Travelers", Season 1 Episode 8 ("Donner") in the nineteenth minute when guidance counselor Grace gives Trevor (Traveler 0115) a copy to read.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pellegrina8 (talk • contribs) 01:11, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular Culture 

message: The Giver is a lot like this book. So much so that it parallels many features of the plot. As soon as I started reading this book, the first thing I associated with was The Giver (novel and movie). Minus a few key points, there's a lot the two have in common and I believe it belongs in the "See Also" section of the page. Sabriel (talk) 11:15, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'd like to add the "The Giver" to the see also list and want to know if too many others would object?