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A unified country, a place where everything is transparent and precise so that nothing can be hidden. All buildings here are made of glass: glass green walls isolate trees and other creatures; people live in glass houses and cannot close the curtains without permission; people have to walk on the glass sidewalk at an orderly pace from four to five o'clock in the afternoon. Here, people have no names, only numbers. People do not have parents who gave birth to themselves, and the "benefactor" is a father-like existence. People wear uniforms, get up, work, and eat according to a schedule. Even the time for sex is scientifically calculated. Here, everything has "standards" and as long as you abide by the rules, you can have a happy life.

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.

This book is a science fiction work that, in the form of notes, depicts the life scenes of a country in the twenty-sixth century, the "United Kingdom": all buildings here are made of glass: people live in glass houses, isolated from contact with trees and other creatures; people walk on the glass sidewalk at an orderly pace from four to five o'clock in the afternoon. Here, everyone has no name, only a number. People wear uniforms, get up, work, and eat according to a schedule, and all activities are scientifically calculated. Here, everything has "standards" and as long as you abide by the rules, you can have a happy life. No. Д-503, the designer of the spaceship "Unification", has no doubts about the country in which he lives. He was content with a life of science and reason until he met I-330...