Shamyakin Novels: We
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D-503 is the designer of a spacecraft in the "Great United Nations" a thousand years later, where people's names are represented by numbers, and their daily routine and even sex life are strictly arranged according to standards. One day, number D-503 met female number I-330. Due to the resurgence of "ancient" desires in his body, he couldn't help but fall in love with her, and unknowingly participated in her plan to overthrow the United Nations. But I-330's plan failed and was discovered by the omniscient and omnipotent. Number D-503 was tied to the operating table and underwent an operation to remove the illusion. I-330 was sent to the "gas bell jar" for execution... The work relies on a fantasy story that takes place in the future, and contains deep thoughts on the future of mankind. "Us" directly influenced later dystopian works such as "1984" and "Brave New World", becoming the source of the dystopian trilogy. In addition to the anti-totalitarian meaning, the expression techniques such as symbolism, absurdity, fantasy, and stream of consciousness in the work also have a great impact on later generations - Hitchcock's suspense story "Murder 1990" was born out of "Us". This work was banned in the former Soviet Union for more than 60 years and was not lifted until 1988. In 1994, "Us" won the Prometheus "Hall of Fame" award.
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