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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.

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...