Talk:We (novel)/Archive 1

message: The link which I had inserted was removed
*Prof David Womersley Yevgeny Zamyatin's We - The most enduring of the twentieth-century dystopias Social Affairs Unit Web Review
In my view it should be restored - it is a serious examination of the novel by Prof. David Womersley - Thomas Warton Porfessor of English Literatute, University of Oxford
: looks more like a blog rather then serious examination. btw, just curious why Proffersor of English Literature is researching about we? -- tasc talkdeeds 16:57, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Links

message: I am the original discoverer of the Bible Codes in We. In 1984, I published an article in Extrapolation, the Science Fiction Journal of Kent State University, outlining my theory. Here is a brief overview in my theory and the codes (Zamiatin was the son of an Orthodox priest, he knew the bible well; he also spoke English, the novel's alphanumerics were written using the English alphabet):
D-503- Deuteronomy 3:5-6 describes cities surrounded by walls and many people, the same setting as We.
O-90- Obidiah 9 Refers to the slaughter of the descendants of Esau, the people outside in We are described as hairy men, just like the biblical Esau. (This book has only one chapter see here Killer Swath 01:34, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bible Codes and We 

message: The text I have states "only 0.2 of the world's population survived", which sounds strange to me; it would have seemed more  clear to write 1/5th. Is there a possibility that a percent sign was missed/omitted in translation/publication, or is this to  be prescribed as a function of D-503's mathematical nature (that he innately would see no difference between 1/5th and 0.2)?
Anyone have any insight?
:It is "выжило только 0,2 населения земного шара" in the original (note that in Russian the comma is used as the decimal point).  It seems that expressing fractions as decimals is more common in Russian; indeed, it looks more natural to me than if it were "1/5th", at least in Russian.  It's hard to say whether such things should be changed by the translator or not. 128.189.158.39 00:55, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  200-year war Survival Rate 

message: Wasn't it Wallsend he worked at, rather than Jesmond? Jesmond is an affluent suburb of Newcastle, Wallsend is the traditional shipbuilding area which is just outside Newcastle, in North Tyneside. Although he may have lived in Jesmond, shouldn't it be made clear that the shipyards are in Wallsend as that is the principal area from which he drew his influence? hedpeguyuk 16:00, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wallsend 

message: I was just wondering if you could find this novel somewhere in cyberspace. There is not much that I know of about this novel - perhaps there could be some ebook sites that may offer this novel? --Lord X 00:12, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: --Jtir 00:21, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  The best way to protect against copyright is to find books from *.org, *.edu, or *.gov sites. I could not find any though :S . Killer Swath 01:36, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ebook - is it available?

message: I've just added
:A new translation by Natasha Randall was published in July 2006 ().
to the article. Then I noticed that Amazon.com has at least 6 translations, so maybe I shouldn't have done that. (It's not hard to search Amazon.com for "Yevgeny Zamyatin", after all.) Feel free to revert me. Cheers, CWC(talk) 16:56, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Joshua Coxwell has just changed that sentence into a list of 4 translations. Good stuff! CWC(talk) 05:18, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Natasha Randall translation