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This Perfect Day (1970), by Ira Levin, is a heroic science fiction novel of a technocratic utopia. Often compared to Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World, This Perfect Day is in some ways more subtle in its depiction of the oppressive society of the story. The story is set in a seemingly perfect global society whose genesis remains vague. "Christ, Marx, Wood and Wei led us to this perfect day" is what school children learn to chant. Uniformity is the defining feature; there is only one... full article at wikipedia
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  • 1970
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  • 1991
  • 9780440187042
  • 1978
  • 9780449235119
  • 1991
  • 9780553290028
  • 1976
  • 9780449226384
  • 1970
  • 0718107896
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