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We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is a novel written at the beginning of the future. It's hard to remember today, after Logan's Run, The Handmaid's Tale and Hunger Games made “dystopia” an entertainment genre, but when Yevgeny Zamyatin was writing in the early 1920s, it was only beginning to dawn on humanity just how bad the future might be. OrContinue reading "The science fiction novel that destroyed socialism"
This episode is sponsored by The Dawn series by Ray N. Kuili, which you can get on print, audiobook, or kindle here.Join the Hugonauts book club on discord!Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer videoAll the books in the episode (with YT links to those we've got full episodes on, or search for them in your podcast app): The Hunger GamesRed RisingReady Player OneThe GiverNever Let Me GoThe Children of MenThe Machine StopsClockwork OrangeA Scanner DarklyKallocainFahrenheit 451The Handmaid's TaleBrave New World1984We
Please note that the previous upload had the incorrect recording file. You can listen to the correct recording here. // For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with Marius Grinius and James Trottier about North Korea in the context of growing global instability. // Participants' bios - Marius Grinius is a former Canadian Ambassador to both North and South Korea, as well as to Vietnam and to the UN in Geneva. He is also a CGAI Fellow. - James Trottier is a former Diplomat who, between 2013 to 2016, directed Political, Economic and Public Affairs at the Canadian Embassy in South Korea with a cross-accreditation to North Korea. He is also a CGAI Fellow. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson // Read & Watch: - "The Lazarus Heist: From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea's Global Cyber War", by Geoff White: https://www.amazon.ca/Lazarus-Heist-Hollywood-Finance-Inside/dp/024155425X - "The Sister: North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman in the World", by Sung-Yoon Lee: https://www.amazon.ca/Sister-North-Koreas-Dangerous-Woman/dp/1541704126 - "We", by Yevgeny Zamyatin: https://www.amazon.ca/We-Yevgeny-Zamyatin/dp/0380633132 // Recording Date: June 14, 2024.
Did early European colonization and settlement of North America usher in the realization of Utopian ideals or Dystopian nightmares? Let's investigate by recalling these classic works of literature: Thomas More's Utopia; Aldous Huxley's Brave New World; George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm; Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451; and Yevgeny Zamyatin's WE. Enjoy this Encore Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/-jIjwd2WvHI which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Thomas More's Utopia available at https://amzn.to/3WgVTRS Aldous Huxley's Brave New World available at https://amzn.to/42NSo89 George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm available at https://amzn.to/41NY14L Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 available at https://amzn.to/3Op4VdQ Yevgeny Zamyatin's WE available at https://amzn.to/3Ik8bmD THANKS for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews. All of them are regularly posted for your reading pleasure on https://patreon.com/markvinet where you can also get exclusive access to Bonus episodes, Ad-Free content, Extra materials, and an eBook Welcome Gift when joining our growing community on Patreon or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook GIFT. SUPPORT this series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages & helps us create more quality content. Thanks! Mark Vinet's HISTORICAL JESUS podcast is available at https://parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus Mark's TIMELINE video channel at https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu Podcast: https://parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@historyofnorthamerica Books: https://amzn.to/3j0dAFH Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the One State of the great Benefactor, there are no individuals, only numbers. Life is an ongoing process of mathematical precision, a perfectly balanced equation. Primitive passions and instincts have been subdued. Even nature has been defeated, banished behind the Green Wall. But one frontier remains: outer space. Now, with the creation of the spaceship Integral, that frontier -- and whatever alien species are to be found there -- will be subjugated to the beneficent yoke of reason. Unless D-503 can find a space within himself - that disease the ancients called a soul.Join the Hugonauts book club on discord!Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer videoSimilar books we recommend: 1984 by George Orwell (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/1984)Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/brave-new-world)One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
A starship is taking off from Mars, and just before it does one of the crewman arrives with a strange new creature. What will the Wub bring to those on board, and the headstrong captain who can't stop thinking with his stomach?Join the Hugonauts book club on discord!PS We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is still coming soon, but Brent had a family emergency, so Cody stepped up to bring y'all this gem in the meantime.
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David Volodzko talks to Kevin Ray about the philosophy of teaching, how Paulo Freire's “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” has changed education in America, the harms of woke pedagogy, the tragic death of Richard Bilkszto after enduring genocidal rhetoric at the hands of a DEI trainer, and more.Kevin Ray is a theater director and teaching artist with over 20 years of arts education experience in New York City. He has produced and directed Unearthly Visitants, based on ghost stories by Edith Wharton, The Machine Stops, based on the short story by EM Forster, and is now developing a play based on the science-fiction novel We by Russian dissident Yevgeny Zamyatin, premiering October 2024 in Brooklyn. You can find more on his website or find him on Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theradicalist.com/subscribe
Teika Marija Smits, a UK-based writer and freelance editor whose speculative short stories have been published in PARSEC, SHORELINE OF INFINITY, BEST OF BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION, and GREAT BRITISH HORROR 6, came on IZ Pod and talked about her story ‘The November Room or Leaving the Labyrinth' (out now in Interzone's sister zine, IZ Digital), her forthcoming collection, UMBILICAL, Yevgeny Zamyatin's WE, fairy tales and science fiction, and more. // Support Interzone at Patreon to get issues packed with mind- and genre-bending fiction and non-fiction, and visit IZ Digital, IZ's free online sister zine, for even more amazing stories. // https://interzone.press / https://interzone.digital
To lead into the third season of Enduring Interest, we're re-releasing our first two seasons, covering totalitarianism and ideology and liberal education. We'll be back on September 8 with a new season covering free speech and censorship. In the inaugural episode of Enduring Interest, I speak with Jacob Howland, McFarlin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Tulsa, about Yevgeny Zamyatin's great dystopian novel WE. Jacob and I talk about Zamyatin himself—his early commitment to the Bolshevik cause in the early 1900s and his disillusionment following the revolution of 1917. The novel was written in 1920 but was suppressed in Russia. Zamyatin managed to smuggle the manuscript out of the country and it was first published in English translation in 1924. Tune in to hear an excerpt from the author's shockingly candid letter to Stalin protesting the suppression of his work. Jacob argues that Zamyatin's “fertile and poetic imagination” enabled him to write a subtle and dense book that sketches the conflict between the mathematical, thumotic soul and the poetic, erotic soul. Zamyatin saw that the militant, rationalizing impulse at the core of totalitarian politics distorts and destroys the obstacles in its path. D-503, the novel's main character, is transformed by erotic longing and his act of writing—both lead him down a path of self-discovery. Our conversation takes some interesting turns. Other authors discussed include Plato (lots of Plato!), Dostoevsky, Marx, Havel, Milosz, Huxley, and Orwell. Jacob judges WE to be superior to both 1984 and Brave New World. Enjoy!
It's a crossover spectacular! A little while back Asha and Ketho went on the Tsar Power Podcast to discuss the first dystopian novel about a totalitarian state: "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin, published in 1924. Mass surveilance, depersonalization, and why Productionism is terrible. Check out Roberto and Brendan's podcast where they're ranking every ruler of Russia @tsarpowerpodpatreon.com/swordsandsocialismEmail: SwordsAndSocialismPod@protonmail.com The Show: @SwordsNSocPodAsha: @Herbo_AnarchistKetho: @MusicalPuma69
[1900-1960] TOP 10 obras de Ficção Científica. A Princesa de Marte por Edgar Rice Burroughs (1912) https://amzn.to/3sMerLL Nós de Yevgeny Zamyatin (1924) https://amzn.to/3fhBiMg Metropolis por Thea von Harbou (1925) https://amzn.to/3SGDlXW Admirável Mundo Novo de Aldous Huxley (1932) https://amzn.to/3DKHiXu BOX de Arthur C. Clarke(1937-1999) https://amzn.to/3DILGGh BOX de Robô por Isaac Asimov (1939-1977) https://amzn.to/3Tj569f 1984 por George Orwell (1949) https://amzn.to/3FsUIbQ Astro Boy de Osamu Tezuka (1952-1968) https://amzn.to/3UDPxtZ Fahrenheit 451 por Ray Bradbury (1953) https://amzn.to/3fhCwak Tropas Estelares por Robert A. Heinlein (1959) https://amzn.to/3WezqEv Um Cântico para Leibowitz por Walter M. Miller Jr. (1959) https://amzn.to/3gSkJqP ________________________________ ⚡️ A Alta Performance de Kobe Bryant e David Goggins https://www.lereverbo.com/mentalidade-do-vencedor
In Episode 146 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg protests the unprovoked imperialist attack on the asteroid Dimorphos, and rants against the sacrosanct dogma of space expansionism. The much-hyped asteroid threat is clearly being used as a cover for militarization of space to achieve global hegemony on Earth—and for eventual corporate pillage of the heavenly bodies. Finally, a long-overdue voice of space skepticism emerges from academe, with the book Dark Skies: Space Expansionism, Planetary Geopolitics, and the Ends of Humanity by Daniel Deudney. But hubristic notions of "space communism" have also been seen on the political left, as discussed in the book I Want to Believe: Posadism, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism by AM Gittlitz. Both utopian and dystopian visions of space colonization were explored by Ursula K. Le Guin—the latter providing likely inspiration for James Cameron's hit movie Avatar. The utopian vision was first charted by the early Bolshevik writers Yevgeny Zamyatin in We and Alexander Bogdanov in Red Star. It was generations later embraced in rock music of the hippie era—most notably the Jefferson Starship and Black Sabbath. The perils of looking to space for human salvation have been explored in fictional form from Out of the Silent Planet by CS Lewis (1939) to The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (2007). The critique was also put forth by Lewis in expository form in his 1958 essay "Religion & Rocketry"—in which he paradoxically takes a Christian moralist path to an anti-imperialist position on the space question which is more truly progressive than that of many "leftists." Listen on SoundCloud or via Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/countervortex Production by Chris Rywalt We ask listeners to donate just $1 per weekly podcast via Patreon -- or $2 for our new special offer! We now have 48 subscribers. If you appreciate our work, please become Number 49!
A supercut of all season 1 episodes for convenient bingeing. George Orwell has rented a getaway cottage on a remote Scottish island to finish work on his groundbreaking novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Unfortunately, he finds he's been double-booked with the last person he'd choose to take a holiday with—his annoying literary nemesis, H. G. Wells! An argument about the destiny of humanity and the right way to make a cup of tea escalates into an aeon-spanning adventure of time travel and political machination, as Orwell conspires with other classic dystopian science fiction authors to use Wells's time-travel technology to shape the world into the dark future of their own books. This omnibus episode includes all six main episodes of Untrue Stories' first season, plus its three bonus mini-episodes, two of which have been integrated into the main continuity and the third of which is included as a post-credit scene. The episodes are linked together with short music cues, leaving all the credits to the end. There have also been numerous improvements to audio quality, particularly in the earlier episodes. Episode 1: A Nice Cup of Tea (0:00:58—0:14:27)Episode 2: The Wheels of Chance (0:14:30—0:28:15)Episode 3: Battle Ground (0:28:19—0:33:21 and 0:34:58—0:40:06)Mini-episode #1: Evil George Orwell (0:33:20—0:34:59)Episode 4: How a Nation Is Exploited (0:40:09—0:56:17)Episode 5: Man Becomes a Different Animal (0:56:20—1:11:02)Episode 6: The Wonderful Visit (1:11:05—1:21:50 and 1:27:59—1:33:33)Mini-episode #2: Exile to Hell (1:21:51—1:27:58)Mini-episode #3: The Telescreen Programme: Newspeak Phrasebook (post-credit scene) (1:37:02—1:42:21)CAST: Robin Johnson as George OrwellPatrick Spragg as H. G. WellsJoanna Lawrie as Mrs WatchettTara Court as JuliaLiselle Nic Giollabháin as Captain RutherfordSimon Beck as Aldous HuxleyAlexander Walsh as Yevgeny Zamyatin, Isaac Asimov and the radio/telescreen announcerDavid Court as Ray BradburyAlex Noussias as Margaret AtwoodCanavan Connolly as Nebogipfel the MorlockRachel Pulliam as Ursula Le GuinEve Morris as the joycamp commander and Oldspeak interpreterAdditional voices by Robin, Eve and AlexanderSound effects were sourced from freesound dot org, and include sounds made by the users alecbark, anagar, caitlin-100, ccomics88, deleted-user-56114036, djgriffin, fabrizio84, fillsoko, floodmix, hasean, ikbenraar, inchadney, inspectorj, iwanplay, juanfg, katelyn100, keweldog, keithpeter, m1a2t3z4, mootmcnoodles, prim-ordial, panska-tlolkova-matilda, sin2xv0, sophielhall3535, soundsnapfx, timbre, vpp-2015, webbfilmsuk, and wlabarron. Original music was by Robin Johnson. The Internationale (as used as accompaniment for Oceania, 'Tis For Thee) was a public domain recording by the Belinskogo Radio Orchestra. A transcript of this omnibus episode is available here. If you've enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you could help us amuse more people by telling your friends about us, and/or leaving us a rating or review on iTunes, Spotify, Podchaser, Goodpods or your favourite podcast site/app — thank you! Follow us on twitter: @untrue_storiesfacebook: untruestoriespodcastinstagram: untrue.storiessoundcloud: untrue-storiesIf you would like to help cover our costs, you can tip us at ko-fi.com/untruestories or buy Untrue Stories merch at our zazzle store. 14 September 2022: This episode has been updated to enhance audio.Robin can be contacted at robindouglasjohnson@gmail.com. Share and Enjoy!
Orwell, Wells and their pals gather in 1948 for the astonishing season finale. Wells arrives back on the Isle of Jura with an uninvited guest, where things come to a head as even more time travelling science fiction writers arrive to interfere. CAST Robin Johnson as George OrwellPatrick Spragg as H. G. WellsRachel Pulliam as Ursula Le GuinLiselle Nic Giollabháin as Thought Chief RutherfordTara Court as JuliaAlexander Paul Walsh as Isaac AsimovDavid Court as Ray BradburyCanavan Connolly as Nebogipfel the MorlockJoanna Lawrie as Mrs Watchettadditional voices by Eve Morris, Robin, and AlexanderThe music was by Robin Johnson, and sound effects were sourced from freesound.org.A transcript of this episode is available here. This episode marks Untrue Stories' first season finale. Producing Untrue Stories is the most fun I've had for ages. I'd like to thank everybody in the cast for being part of my daft thing, and the audiodrama communities on Twitter, Facebook and Reddit, who are all much nicer than the ambient niceness on those hellsites. We're of course indebted to all the speculative fiction writers we've messed about with—George Orwell, H. G. Wells, Ursula Le Guin, Ray Bradbury, Aldous Huxley, Margaret Atwood, Isaac Asimov, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Kim Stanley Robinson, Alice Ilgenfritz Jones, Ella Merchant, John Wyndham, and any I've forgotten—and to you for listening. Thank you!If you've enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you could leave us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Podchaser or your favourite podcast site/app — and tell your friends! Follow us on twitter: @untrue_storiesfacebook: untruestoriespodcastinstagram: untrue.storiessoundcloud: untrue-storiesIf you would like to help cover our costs, you can tip us at ko-fi.com/untruestories or buy Untrue Stories merch at our zazzle store. Robin can be contacted at robindouglasjohnson@gmail.com. Share and Enjoy!
Opening theme by Logan Howard of Sword Breaker Call-in from Aron Clark of On the Tabletop Call-ins from Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast Warlock! and Troika! Nope (movie, 2022), Space 1999 Monthly podcast prompt (downloadable mp3): Rufus Asks - Favorite Fantasy Fight? Call-in from Joe Richter of Hindsightless Gardens of the Moon: Book One of The Malazan Book of the Fallen Ramble: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, The Fantasy Trip, Lovecraft (The White Ape or Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and his Family, Misspent Youth, Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles (Way in the Middle of the Air), MAR Barker, author of Empire of the Petal Throne, a nazi -- I never said it but I meant to mention his War of Wizards, Ben Riggs Slaying the Dragon (sales figures), Game Wizards, When We Were Wizards podcast with Adam Turner and Paul Stormberg, is Oriental a bad word? Into the Odd by Chris McDowall, Vaults of Vaarn by Leo Hunt, Bones Deep by David Schirduan Closing music is Silky by Alex Figueira --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message
How a power-crazed junta of 20th-century dystopian authors overthrew Western democracy — and what went wrong. In the fourth exciting instalment of the time-travelling adventures of George Orwell and H. G. Wells, 1984's Big Brother himself has appeared before our heroes to relate the story of his rise to power at the head of a team of dystopian visionaries — Ray Bradbury, Margaret Atwood, Aldous Huxley and Yevgeny Zamyatin. CAST Robin Johnson as George OrwellPatrick Spragg as H. G. WellsTara Court as JuliaLiselle Nic Giollabháin as Thought Deputy Chief RutherfordEve Morris as the security guardWITH SPECIAL GUEST DYSTOPIANS Alexander Paul Walsh as Yevgeny Zamyatin and the BBC AnnouncerSimon Beck as Aldous HuxleyDavid Court as Ray BradburyAlex Noussias as Margaret AtwoodZamyatin's We, often credited as the inspiration for dystopia as a modern genre, is in the public domain and you can find an English translation at Project Gutenberg. Huxley claimed not to have read We before he wrote Brave New World. Orwell definitely read both. Huxley really was Orwell's French teacher at Eton. The Oceanian National Anthem, Oceania, 'Tis For Thee, with lyrics extrapolated by Robin to the tune of The Internationale, can be heard on our soundcloud, sung by several of Robin and two of Eve. While this episode was in production, the US Supreme Court struck down the federally protected right to abortion. This directly endangers and removes bodily autonomy from tens of millions of Americans, and sets a terrifying example for the rest of the world. Of all the dystopian novels discussed in the episode, Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is now the most horribly relevant. Untrue Stories is free, but if you've enjoyed it as much as something you'd pay a few dollars for, you could donate those dollars to an organisation like the National Network of Abortion Funds, and/or perhaps to an organisation that will help the queer and trans people whose rights the Court has more or less promised to dismantle next. (You can even make those donations if you haven't enjoyed the show.) Love and anger. 2022-07-27: This episode has been updated to adjust volume levels.A transcript of this episode is available here.If you've enjoyed the show, we'd love it if you could leave us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Podchaser or your favourite podcast site/app — and tell your friends! Follow us on twitter: @untrue_storiesfacebook: untruestoriespodcastinstagram: untrue.storiessoundcloud: untrue-storiesIf you would like to help cover our costs, you can tip us at ko-fi.com/untruestories or buy Untrue Stories merch at our zazzle store. Robin can be contacted at robindouglasjohnson@gmail.com. Share and Enjoy!
We - Record 39 The End, Record 40 Facts The Bell I Am Certain - read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 37 Infusorian Doomsday Her Room, Record 38 (I Don't Know What Goes Here, Maybe Just: A Cigarette Butt) - read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 35 In A Hoop Carrot Murder, Record 36 Blank Pages, The Christian God About My Mother - Read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 33 (No Time for Contents, Last Note), Record 34 Those On Leave A Sunny Night Radio-Valkyrie. Read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 31 The Great Operation I Have Forgiven Everything A Train Wreck , Record 32 I Do Not Believe, Tractors, The Human Chip - Read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 29 Threads on the face Shoots Unnatural Compression, Record 30 The Final Number Galileo's Mistake Wouldn't It Be Better? , read by Nic Treadwell
The continuing psychological journey of D-503 in a utopian society a millennia in the future.
We - Record 27 No Contents - Can't, Record 28 Both Women, Entropy and Energy, Opaque Part of the Body - read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 25 Descent from Heavon History's Greatest Catastrophe End of the Known, Record 26 The World Exists A Rash 41 Degrees Centigrade - read by Nic Treadwell
In this episode we continue our reading with chapters 5 and 6. Enjoy this whisper read to help you relax.
I whisper read the third and fourth entries in the 20th century utopian novel We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin.
We - Record 23 Flowers Dissolution of a Crystal If Only, Record 24 Limit of Function Easter Cross It All Out - read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 21 An Authors Duty Swollen Ice The Most Difficult Love, Record 22 Frozen Waves Everything Tends To Perfection I Am a Microbe - read by Nic Treadwell
A whisper reading of the first two chapters of We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin. We is one of my favorite Russian novels, a utopian novel joining the likes of 1984 and Brave New World, written as an objection to totalitarianism. I hope you enjoy!
We - Record 19 Third Order Infinitesimal A Sullen Glare Over The Parapet - Record 20 Discharge Idea Material Zero Cliff - Read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 17 Through Glass I Died Hallways, Record 18 Logical Labyrinth Wounds and Plaster Never Again - read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 15 Bell Mirror-like Sea My Fate to Burn Forever, Record 16 Yellow Two Dimensional Shadow Incurable Soul - Read by Nic Treadwell
In this episode of The Conscious Awesome Show, we open up the illusion of division, and break down what US/THEM does to the individual and the collective.How do we become aware of a consciousness that is seeded in language and at odds with the true nature of abundance? Do you identify with the “us” or the “them” in this moment?This episode has some teeth! Bite up (because we physiologically don't bite down, yay mandible), and take the journey with your cohosts Dani Katz and Justin Polgar.Follow our Instagram @consciousawesome for all kinds of goodies.Notes: Dystopian Future Novel, “WE” by Yevgeny Zamyatin in 1920/1921 https://youtu.be/ifWZOSMMeHA Podcast Recommendation: Wellness Force https://wellnessforce.com/podcast-2Originally published: 7/1/20
We - Record 13 Fog Familiar ‘You' An Absolutely Inane Occurrence, Record 14 ‘Mine' Forbidden Cold Floor - read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 11 No, I Can't…Skip the Contents, Record 12 Limitation of Infinity Angel Reflections on Poetry - read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 9 Liturgy lambs and trochees Cast-Iron Hand, Record 10 Letter Membrane Hairy Me - read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 7 An Eyelash Taylor Henbane and Lily of the Valley, Record 8 The Irrational Root R-13 Triangle - Read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 5 Square Rulers of the World Pleasant and Useful Function, Record 6 Accident Damned ‘Clear' 24 Hours. Read by Nic Treadwell
We - Record 3 Jacket Wall The Table, Record 4 Savage with Barometer Epilepsy If - read by Nic Treadwell
We - Note on the author, Record 1 and Record 2 - read by Nic Treadwell
Did early European colonization and settlement of North America usher in the realization of Utopian ideals or Dystopian nightmares? Let's investigate by recalling these classic works of literature: Thomas More's Utopia; Aldous Huxley's Brave New World; George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm; Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451; and Yevgeny Zamyatin's WE. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/-jIjwd2WvHI which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Denary Novels by Mark Vinet are available at https://amzn.to/33evMUj Learn more about History with The Teaching Company's Great Courses Wondrium FREE Trail, which offers streaming access—on your TV, computer or mobile device—to thousands of unlimited ad-free video courses, lessons, documentaries, travelogues and more. Follow our custom link for FREE Trail access to mind-blowing educational experiences: https://thegreatcoursesplus.7eer.net/MarkVinet Surf the web safely and anonymously with ExpressVPN. Protect your online activity and personal info like credit cards, passwords, or other sensitive data. Get 3 extra months free with 12-month plan by using our custom link at http://tryexpressvpn.com/markvinet Want a FREE audiobook of your choice? Get your Free audiobook with a 30 day Free membership by using our customized link http://www.audibletrial.com/MarkVinet Join our growing community on Patreon at https://patreon.com/markvinet or Donate on PayPal at https://bit.ly/3cx9OOL and receive an eBook welcome GIFT of The Maesta Panels by Mark Vinet. Support our series by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/33evMUj (Amazon gives us credit at no extra charge to you). It costs you nothing to shop using this FREE store entry link and by doing so encourages, supports & helps us to create more quality content for this series. Thanks! Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Twitter: https://twitter.com/TIMELINEchannel Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 YouTube Podcast Playlist: https://www.bit.ly/34tBizu Podcast: https://anchor.fm/mark-vinet Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WadeOrganization
A magazine that has always been dear to our hearts is Penguin's Happy Reader, an occasional publication that takes inspiration from the idea of a book club. In the early days of the podcast we were delighted to interview its editor Seb Emina. To celebrate the launch of The Happy Reader's latest edition we're releasing that interview again. From the thinking that goes into every issue, from treasure hunts to the perfect way to drink your tea, from book recommendations to unusual ideas for book club meet ups, this episode has it all. Booklist So many books are mentioned in passing in this episode, but in particular Seb talks about The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (and listen in to episode 9 of the pod for our full book club discussion on that one) Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard You can find out more about The Happy Reader, buy the latest issue or subscribe at their website thehappyreader.com. You can also sign up to their newsletter, Happy Readings, where once a month you'll get a little dose of Happy Readerness in your inbox. Seb is on Instagram and Twitter @sebemina If you'd like to see what we're up to between episodes follow us on Instagram or Facebook @BookClubReview podcast, on Twitter @bookclubrvwpod or email thebookclubreview@gmail.com. Don't miss our website, thebookclubreview.co.uk, where you can find our archive of almost 100 shows to browse through and sign up for our weekly newsletter. It comes out on Sundays, and it full of reading inspiration for your week ahead.
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In the inaugural episode of Enduring Interest, I speak with Jacob Howland, McFarlin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Tulsa, about Yevgeny Zamyatin's great dystopian novel WE. Jacob and I talk about Zamyatin himself—his early commitment to the Bolshevik cause in the early 1900s and his disillusionment following the revolution of 1917. The novel was written in 1920 but was suppressed in Russia. Zamyatin managed to smuggle the manuscript out of the country and it was first published in English translation in 1924. Tune in to hear an excerpt from the author's shockingly candid letter to Stalin protesting the suppression of his work. Jacob argues that Zamyatin's “fertile and poetic imagination” enabled him to write a subtle and dense book that sketches the conflict between the mathematical, thumotic soul and the poetic, erotic soul. Zamyatin saw that the militant, rationalizing impulse at the core of totalitarian politics distorts and destroys the obstacles in its path. D-503, the novel's main character, is transformed by erotic longing and his act of writing—both lead him down a path of self-discovery. Our conversation takes some interesting turns. Other authors discussed include Plato (lots of Plato!), Dostoevsky, Marx, Havel, Milosz, Huxley, and Orwell. Jacob judges WE to be superior to both 1984 and Brave New World. Enjoy!
Yevgeny Zamyatin's We, from 1921, is the original dystopia that spawned all other twentieth-century dystopias portrayed in literature. Despite being the oldest dystopia, it is in some ways the most relevant one for today, more so than the more famous 1984 and Brave New World. Yet its most crucial lesson is almost always ignored. (The written version of this review can be found here.)
«Большой Брат следит за тобой» — это фраза из книги «1984» Джорджа Оруэлла, которая знакома даже тем, кто никогда не интересовался жанром антиутопий. В свежем выпуске подкаста вас ждёт полное погружение в мир таких произведений литературы, как «О дивный новый мир» Олдоса Хаксли, «Мы» Евгения Замятина и «451 градус по Фаренгейту» Рэя Брэдбери. Помимо этого ведущие обсудили, насколько сильно миры утопий и антиутопий отличаются друг от друга, популярны ли эти жанры в современной массовой культуре и могут ли самые страшные сценарии из этих произведений воплотиться в реальность в ближайшем будущем. СОДЕРЖАНИЕ: 00:00:00 — Introduction. Hosts for today: Katerina (a), Gary (b), Maria (c). 00:04:02 — What is utopia (d) and dystopia (e)? Where does the idea of Utopia come from? Plato and Thomas More (f). Can utopia be achieved? 00:17:56 — Dystopias: why are they getting so popular (g)? 00:19:42 — “1984” by George Orwell (h). Opinion about these books. 00:27:26 — “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley (i). What is this book about? 00:36:25 — “We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin (j). At what age have we read this and what were our thoughts on it? 00:44:22 — “451 Fahrenheit” by Ray Bradbury. Plot and our impressions. 00:50:28 — Dystopias in TV shows. “The Handmaid's Tale”: to watch or not to watch (k)? “Black Mirror” (l): top episodes that we like. 01:02:00 — Dystopian elements that have become a reality. 01:04:30 — What is the main idea we can take away from this episode? Recommendations: what to read or reread. Utopias and dystopias closely interconnected. СКРИПТ ЭПИЗОДА: Для повышения эффективности обучения наш подкаст содержит текстовую расшифровку. Скрипт диалога оформлен в виде субтитров и доступен к просмотру на сайте во время проигрывания эпизода: BigAppleSchool.com/p/wtc_103 ПОЛЕЗНЫЕ ССЫЛКИ: a. bigappleschool.com/teachers/katerina b. bigappleschool.com/teachers/gary c. bigappleschool.com/teachers/maria d. britannica.com/topic/utopia/Satirical-and-dystopian-works e. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia f. britannica.com/biography/Thomas-More-English-humanist-and-statesman g. the-artifice.com/popularity-of-dystopian-literature h. britannica.com/topic/Nineteen-Eighty-four i. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World j. newstatesman.com/yevgeny-zamyatin-we-dystopian-novel-review k. forbes.com/sites/danafeldman/2018/07/13/the-handmaids-tale-isnt-an-easy-show-to-watch-but-its-one-of-the-most-important-on-tv/?sh=7289d7e762a1 l. insider.com/black-mirror-fun-facts-2018-10#the-name-black-mirror-refers-to-a-blank-video-screen-3
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin We, a Russian dystopian novel, and sometimes described as the grandfather of dystopian novels. We is seen as an influential and important work of science fiction and for the genre of dystopia. We follows a scientist who is working on a very important space rocket, but due to a happenstantial introduction, … Continue reading Ep054 We by Yevgeny Zamyatin →
We discuss The Memory Police, a haunting dystopian novel that explores questions of power, trauma and state surveillance written by Yoko Ogawa, one of Japan's leading contemporary novelists. Set on an unnamed island, the narrator of The Memory Police describes how every so often something in the inhabitants' lives will disappear. Birds, roses, books, one by one these things vanish overnight and the next day people wake up to find they have lost the memory of them. The Memory Police then arrive to enforce the disappearance, rounding up and destroying all evidence of the disappeared thing. They are also on the hunt for those few members of the population who have the ability to retain their memories, something hard to disguise. These people too must disappear, but what happens to them? The narrator tries to save her friend, R, by hiding him in a concealed room. But as more and more things disappear it starts to become unclear what she is saving him for. An uncomfortable read that provoked mixed feelings among Laura's book group, but which, on reflection, we think could have been one of the best book club books we have ever done. Listen in to hear more, why Yoko Ogawa is the Georgette Heyer of Japan, and how Laura is about to become a disappeared thing herself. Plus our recommendations for your next book club read. Books mentioned on the show: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Never Let Me Go and The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro, We by Yevgeny Zamyatin and The Happy Reader magazine. Find full show notes, plus our archive of over 80 episodes, book reviews and articles on our new website: thebookclubreview.co.uk
Pre Ciencia Ficción: Louis-Sébastien Mercier : “El año 2440:Un sueño como no ha habido otro” (1770). En 1770, el programa de la Ilustración. Mary Shelley: “Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo”. Julio Verne y H.G Wells Las tres Anti-Utopias Clásicas: Yevgeny Zamyatin, “Nosotros” Aldous Huxley, “Un mundo Feliz” George Orwell, “1984” Olaf Stapeldon: “Hacedor de Estrellas”. La ciencia ficción cósmica en su forma más desarrollada. La Edad de Oro: 1945-1973 Isaac Asimov: el ultimo Ilustrado. La saga de la Fundación (“Fundacion”, “Fundacion e Imperio”,”Segunda Fundación”). Determinismo histórico e ingeniería social en la escala de siglos. Robots—Cuentos de las Tres Leyes (Susan Calvin). Destacado: “El conflicto evitable”, sobre la Guerra Fría y su superación dialéctica por la tecnocracia. Novelas de la Tierra y los espaciales: “Las Bovedas de Acero” y “el Sol Desnudo”. Raza, crisis urbana, imperialismo. Arthur C.Clarke: “Cita con Rama”, “Fuentes del Paraiso”, ”El fin de la Infancia”. Tres historias sobre un tema común: la pequeñez y fragilidad del hombre en el océano del espacio. Robert Heinlein: “Tropas del Espacio“, ”Forastero en Tierra Extraña”, ”La Luna es una amante cruel”. Dont Tread on Me: individualismo, república y frontera americana así en la Tierra como en el Cielo. Frank Herbert: “Dune”: La Era de Acuario: Retro futurismo, ecología, trascendencia y poderes psi. Philip K.Dick: Me gustó más la película: Bladerunner, Minority Report, Desafio Total. Larry Niven Más allá de Heinlein. “Mundo Anillo”, ”Juramento de Fidelidad”. Inmensidad cósmica y ¿autoritarismo libertario?. Clifford D. Simak “Ciudad”, “Estación de Transito”. Melancolía por nosotros mismos, por la inmensidad del tiempo, y el destino de la humanidad. Limits to Growth: 1973-1980s John Brunner: “Todos sobre Zanzibar”. La novela que describe la crisis de confianza de Occidente en los 70s. George Turner: “Las Torres del Olvido”. La misma novela que “Todos sobre Zanzibar”, pero redactada ordenadamente, veinte años después. Thomas Disch: “334”, “Los Genocidas”: La era de las expectativas disminuidas, el fin del progreso, y la vida cuando lo mejor ha pasado. Ursula K.LeGuin: “La mano izquierda en la oscuridad”. Dont Tread on Me, pero feminista y de izquierdas. Robert Silverberg: “The Stochastic Man”: predestinación y libre albedrío, para calvinistas y otros (el argumento se repite en “Historia de tu vida” de Ted Chiang). Norman Spinrad: “Mundo Intermedio”-Quizá la mejor historia de ciencia ficción política: lecciones sobre polarización, libertad de expresión, parlamentarismo... Ciberpunk: del espacio exterior a Internet: 1980s- William Gibson “Neuromante”: la estética ha sido un éxito fenomenal, el contenido… no hay. “Monalisa Acelerada”, destaca “El continuo de Gernsback”, que inicia un género de “el futuro según un determinado momento del pasado”. Neal Stephenson: “Snow Crash” y “La Era del Diamante”: Las consecuencias políticas de un mundo sin referentes culturales comunes. Criptonomicon: el mundo de las start ups y el brave new world de la frontera digital. El Ciclo Barroco: Es increíble que esta desacomplejada celebración de la modernidad pudiese escribirse hace solo 15 años. Bruce Sterling: “Islas en la Red”: Presente perpetuo, quizá la novela de ciencia ficción más visionaria hasta el momento. ¿Qué pasa si hay progreso y no va nadie? Nancy Kreiss: “Mendigos en España”: Una de las mejores aproximaciones al transhumanismo, la democracia y su complicada intersección. George RR. Martin “Los viajes de Tuf”. Esperamos que George sea muy feliz con las 40 monedas de plata que ganó al pasarse a la fantasía épica y la novela erótica. Al menos dejó esta joya. Tres Cimas Orson Scott Card: “Mapas en un Espejo”: no podéis soportar la verdad. Los mejores relatos tratan sobre la incapacidad de la sociedad de tolerar la verdad científica y el Gran Arte. “La memoria de la Tierra”. ¿Puede la humanidad sobrevivir millones de años sin hacerse la guerra nuclear? Solo si vive engañada. “El juego de Ender”, “La voz de los muertos”: la educación del Príncipe Cristiano, versión definitiva, tras 2.500 años de borradores (que empiezan con “La República” de Platón). Dann Simmons: La saga de Hyperion: la saga de ciencia ficción en su forma canónica. Greg Egan. Egan es la forma más alta de la Alta Ciencia Ficción. Nunca la literatura había explorado seriamente la hipótesis de que la subjetividad humana emerge de la materia hasta que llegó Egan. Por supuesto, no podemos soportar la verdad. “Axiomático”. La gran colección de relatos, heterogénea y brillante donde explora los límites de la ciencia ficción dura, pero no en el espacio exterior, sino en ese espacio consciente que es solo el epifenómeno de una red neural (“tu!”). “Diáspora”. ¿Qué hacer con la existencia cuando estas liberado de las restricciones de la materia? La respuesta de Egan es “entretenerse con crucigramas cada vez más difíciles”.
This week we discuss the second half of "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin - its pioneering work in one of Western literature's favorite genres, and its haphazard, muddled plot. We also really want to go back to the gym. Next week we're reading "One Evening in 2217" by Nikolai Fyodorov from the Red Star Tales collection of Soviet science fiction. You can purchase it here: https://www.amazon.com/Red-Star-Tales-Century-Russian-ebook/dp/B016C3KATY You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
This week we talk about what Youtube holes we've dived down while stuck at home and break into "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Supplementary Readings: George Orwell on "We": https://orwell.ru/library/reviews/zamyatin/english/e_zamy Next week we'll be finishing the book! You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
This week we continue our discussion on "A Planet For Rent" by Yoss. The second half of this book is less humorous and more somber. We watch humans try to escape their captivity from Earth, and while some succeed and some don't, all lose a part of themselves for trying. Next week we're reading the first half of the Russian dystopian novel "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. The English translated work of Yoss and many other authors can be found at Restless Books. Check it out! https://restlessbooks.org/bookstore/a-planet-for-rent You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub
Our cultural friday morning today will lead Antonella, Davide and Sasha to discuss the questions that Dystopian Literature is still posing after a century. What are the contemporary values of “Brave new world” by Aldous Huxley, George Orwell's “1984” and their ancestor novel “We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin? Sex and pleasure, Terror, Brainwashing are used by the manipulative governments of these novels in order to control people. But how easily do human beings give up “Freedom”? Fyodor Dostoyevsky still gives an unsettling insight in this discussion...
Ian Thomas Malone is published in the following academic work about Star Trek Discovery: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/exploring-star-trek-voyager/ Ian’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Ian-Thomas-Malone/e/B00N0Z89L4 Ian’s Rotten Tomatoes movie reviews: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/ian-thomas-malone/movies About Yevgeny Zamyatin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Zamyatin
Imagine um mundo construído quase todo de vidro onde todos são vigiados. O episódio de hoje é sobre a primeira grande distopia clássica, NÓS de Yevgeny Zamyatin.
Imagine um mundo construído quase todo de vidro onde todos são vigiados. O episódio de hoje é sobre a primeira grande distopia clássica, NÓS de Yevgeny Zamyatin.
The Happy Reader is a magazine that takes the idea of a book club as its inspiration. To celebrate the launch of their latest issue we're revisiting one of our favourite interviews, with editor Seb Emina. He told us about the careful thinking and attention to detail that goes into putting the magazine together plus has some great book recommendations and a radical suggestion for a book club where no-one is allowed to mention the book club book. Intrigued? Then listen on. • Find out more about The Happy Reader magazine and read along with their next book of the season at www.thehappyreader.com • Books recommended were Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard, The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura and We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, which we also covered in episode 13 of the podcast. • If you'd like to see what we're up to between episodes follow us on Instagram or Facebook @BookClubReview podcast, on Twitter @bookclubrvwpod or why not drop us a line at thebookclubreview@gmail.com and tell us about your book club. And if you're not already, do subscribe to us on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.
Where politics and democracy are heading into the future? It is a theme that has run throughout the history of science fiction. Something that already in 1921, Yevgeny Zamyatin tried to imagine in his novel “We”, for example, and later developed in different directions by Orwell, Huxley and the likes. The following quote from “We” recalls the tone and the imagery of these reflections about the future of democracy, back in the past. A sort of archeology of the Future. *It goes without saying that this does not resemble the disordered, disorganized elections of the Ancients, when – it seems funny to say it – the result of an election was not known beforehand. Building a government on totally unaccounted – for happenstance, blindly – what could be more senseless? And yet still, it turns out, it took centuries to understand this. * Malka Older condensed a reflection on the topic in her Centenal Cycle, a series of cyberpunk technothrillers beginning with Infomocracy. Her premise is set in a not so distant future ad it portrays a world governed by micro-democracies. Countries have been replaced by districts (called centenals) of 100,000 people, and the entire world turns out to vote once a decade for their local government. The political party elected to the most centenals becomes the Supermajority, setting policy and direction for the world at large. Needless to say, the stakes are high as a new election approaches. In this episode we will start our space-time exploration of today with that premise. How would Europe look like under Infomocracy? Malka Older is a writer, humanitarian worker, and holds a PhD at the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations at science po in Paris studying governance and disasters. Named Senior Fellow for Technology and Risk at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs for 2015, she has more than eight years of experience in humanitarian aid and development, and has responded to complex emergencies and natural disasters in Uganda, Darfur, Indonesia, Japan, and Mali. Her first novel Infomocracy has been published by Tor.com in 2016, starting the so-far trilogy of the centenal cycle, which comprises Null States and her latest State Tectonics. She is one of the nominees for the prestigious Hugo Award for 2019 and she recently published for the New York Times in their series op-eds from the future. Giuseppe Porcaro is the author of DISCO SOUR, a novel about Europe and democracy in the age of algorithms, among the winners of the Altiero Spinelli Prize for Outrech of the European Union in 2018. Giuseppe is interested in how the intersection between technology and politics is moving towards uncharted territories in the future. He also focuses on narrative-building and political representations in the European Union. He works as the head of communications for Bruegel.
Amanda and Jenn discuss horror westerns, adventure novels, books in translation, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok K. Banker, and Extraordinary Birds by Sandy Stark-McGinnis. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. Questions 1. Hello! My friend is about to have her 2nd baby, and I’m putting together a postpartum care package for her. Obviously I need to include books! Pregnancy brain and a toddler running around have made it hard for her to concentrate on anything substantial for very long, so I’m looking for quick reads that she can dip in and out of (graphic novels, poetry, short story collections, etc.). She loves cooking, especially with the food she grows herself, and anything nature-related. I’ve already got Lumberjanes, Misfit City, and Relish on my list, as well as Mary Oliver and Walt Whitman (if I can find something of his she hasn’t read). Thank you so very much for any suggestions! -Sarah 2. I absolutely loved a Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. I also read Rules of Civility. I love books with great character development set around historical events or spanning a long time with cultural or historical significance. Some of my favorite authors are Margaret Mitchell, John Jakes, Fredrik Backman and Michael Chabon. Please recommend some books or authors that can grab me like these authors. Thanks Helen 3. First of all, I love listening to the Podcast, I discovered it a couple weeks ago and have since then gotten caught up, I literally was listening for probably 10 hours a day! You guys are all super amazing and I love hearing what you will all choose for the different rec’s. Here is mine: I recently rediscovered my love of adventure books. Growing up my favorite adventure books/movies were Jurassic Park, Jumanji, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Congo and Indiana Jones. As an adult I am having trouble finding good quality adventure books. Are there any that would read like an Indiana Jones movie? I recently read The Anomaly by: Michael Rutger which has a similar concept and I did enjoy it. I am also currently reading Sandstorm by: James Rollins which is what got me thinking that I need more adventure books in my life. I want to be an archaeologist in another life, and since that is not an option I would love to read more archaeology books. I hope you can help me find some! -Alexis 4. Hello! I am an avid reader, but I sometimes think I’m not great at gauging my own tastes in books. My favorite books tend to be when the prose, themes, plot all feel intentionally aligned by the author to form a perfectly crafted present to a reader. Some of my favorite reads that fall into this category are The Vegetarian, The Song of Achilles, Freshwater, The Poet X, and Tin Man. I prefer standalone novels, but any genre/age range recommendations are welcome. I am also open to any suggestions to bump up books that are on my already very large Goodreads tbr. Thanks for the help! -Danielle 5. I would like to read some amazing books in translation. I’m really into science fiction, but it doesn’t have to be science fiction. I just want something totally gripping from another culture and language. Probably my all-time number one favorite book in translation is The Man with Compound Eyes by Ming-yi Wu (though they usually write his name as Wu Ming-yi). Some other favorite books in translation are: April Witch by Majgull Axelsson, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katrina Bivald, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, The Great Passage by Shion Miura, The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, The Three Body Problem & The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu, One Hundred Years of Solitude & Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. [Does the Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley count?] Some books in translation that didn’t thrill me include: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (actually I haven’t liked anything by him but I can’t remember the other ones I’ve read), The Inferno by Dante Alighieri (though I feel the translation I read might have been subpar), The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami, The Girl Who Loneliness by Kyung-Sook Shin, Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, HWJN by Ibraheem Abbas, Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea, and Target in the Night by Ricardo Piglia. I want books that help me understand people, so I do want an internal world in my books. But they don’t have to be exclusively internal. I like action and plot as well. Of course, beautiful prose is always great but not necessary. Think the Martian Chronicles- lots of societal commentary done in a beautiful way. I don’t need any European books, but I won’t say no if you think it’s amazing. I’d rather expand my reading though and get somewhere new in my reading life. I think I’ve done little to no reading of African writers in translation, and the books that I’ve read set in Africa have been mostly in Nigeria and Egypt. I love short stories too and am open to anthologies. I also would prefer to read female authors!!! Thanks so much! You guys are awesome!!! I’m new to Get Booked and Book Riot but I am so thrilled to have found you guys!! PS: I just download about 8 books from World Book Day on Amazon! -Teresa 6. I’ve really loved reading Shout and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Solo by Kwame Alexander and Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. I want to read something in this same vein – novels written in verse. Not sure if you’ve answered this before but please help! -Holly 7. My little book club (Ogden Lit and Libations) is celebrating three years this October. While discussing a good creepy read to pick along with picks for a couple of other months, we realized we had yet to read a western novel. We’ve already picked all our other books for this year, so we want a combined genre pick for October. We’re looking for a western horror or horror western that will keep us reading and that has great discussion potential. Our general guidelines are to pick backlist (but we will go new for a fabulous read) that aren’t extremely popular due to an impending movie or TV show (again, fabulous will override this) that are around 400 pages (less is fine, more than 500 requires the book be outstanding). Thank you! Looking forward to hearing your recs! -Amanda Books Discussed The Unsettlers by Mark Sundeen When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott Time Salvager by Wesley Chu Labyrinth by Kate Mosse Insurrecto by Gina Apostol (tw genocide) Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas (tw: sexual assault, homophobia, slurs) August by Romina Paula, translated by Jennifer Croft Future Fiction, edited by Bill Campbell Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai Blood Water Paint by Joy McCollough (tw: rape, suicidal ideation) Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Science fiction has long inspired new technologies, from robots to flip phones to artificial intelligence and more. Yet it's provocative to consider that sci-fi is more often descriptive than predictive. Dystopias can reflect contemporary fears and biases. Utopias may contain robot characters more developed than women characters. Still, the clear path from imagined worlds to today's tech products is worth celebrating. Speaking of which, this episode marks the end of Season 1. Thanks for listening. Show Notes Welcome (0:12) Conversation with Brittney Gallagher, host and executive producer of Digital Culture LA (2:02) Brittney's show on KPFK (2:02) “Science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive.” - Ursula Le Guin (4:54) Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin (7:30) Social science fiction explained (9:29) Foundation by Isaac Asimov (9:41) 1984 by George Orwell (9:48) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (9:49) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (11:07) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (11:08) The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft (11:52) The Rats in the Walls by H.P. Lovecraft (13:45) Anathem by Neal Stephenson (16:56) We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (19:33) I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (20:21) Evernote's Three Laws of Data Protection (21:35) Dune by Frank Herbert (25:36) Ready Player One (30:35) The Matrix (30:35) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (32:31) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (34:43) Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, which referenced transparent aluminum and voice commands for computers (35:05) Listener questions (41:29) You missed the obvious question, given your clear commitment to it: What impact is 42 having on diversity in the pipeline for developers? (42:05) Can you share your thinking on blockchain for business? Various comments on the show give a negative impression of the technology. While it was created to support cryptocurrency, there are possible uses for various business scenarios. For example, procurement agreements that require definitive validation and perhaps an alternative to PGP servers for email encryption that would require storing a public key on a blockchain. (44:43) David Mazières' white paper on the Stellar Consensus Protocol (48:02) Jessica's graphic novel Adventures in Galactic Consensus (48:15) End of Season One: Thank you (50:35) We want to hear from you Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and questions for future episodes: Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco with hashtag #askAT For more from All Turtles, follow us on Twitter, and subscribe to our newsletter on our website.
Ed, Ross, Mikey and Mim explore Yevgeny Zamyatin's classic novel, We. The team also discuss 1984, The Lego Movie, Doctor Who, Thomas the Tank Engine and other works inspired by this classic work of dystopian fiction. They also drool over how pretty The Folio Society version of We is. The Bookworm & Brave New Words are a Truly Outrageous Productions.
Septième épisode du CDF où nous nous intéressons à la loi renseignement vue par différents scénarios de science-fiction. Parcourons ces univers de Minority Report où le crime est anticipée, au Shield où le renseignement va au-delà des libertés, en passant par Personn of Interest où l'intrusion dans la vie privée sert le bien... Si cela vous plaît, n'oubliez pas de vous abonner à la chaîne et de partager la vidéo ! Merci ! Nos références de l'épisode (par ordre de citation) : Minority Report - Steven Spielberg - 2002 We (Nous autres) - Yevgeny Zamyatin - 1921 Batman Forever - Joel Schumacher - 1995 Le Meilleur des mondes (Livre) - Aldous Huxley - 1931 1984 (Livre) - George Orwell - 1949 Norman fait des vidéos (Chaîne Youtube) - Norman Thavaud - 2010 Person of interest (Série télévisée) - Jonathan Nolan - 2011 Watchmen (Comics) - Alan Moore - 1986 Watchmen (Film) - Zack Snyder - 2009 Captain America : Le Soldat de l'hiver - Anthony et Joe Russo - 2014 The Imitation Game - Morten Tyldum - 2014 Star-Trek (Série télévisée) - Gene Roddenberry - 1960 Babylon 5 (Série télévisée) - Joe Michael Straczynski - 1994 Sur l'onde de choc (roman) - John Brunner - 1975 Utopia (série télévisée) - Dennis Kelly - 2013 X-Men - Bryan Singer - 2000
Septième épisode du CDF où nous nous intéressons à la loi renseignement vue par différents scénarios de science-fiction. Parcourons ces univers de Minority Report où le crime est anticipée, au Shield où le renseignement va au-delà des libertés, en passant par Personn of Interest où l'intrusion dans la vie privée sert le bien... Si cela vous plaît, n'oubliez pas de vous abonner à la chaîne et de partager la vidéo ! Merci ! Nos références de l'épisode (par ordre de citation) : Minority Report - Steven Spielberg - 2002 We (Nous autres) - Yevgeny Zamyatin - 1921 Batman Forever - Joel Schumacher - 1995 Le Meilleur des mondes (Livre) - Aldous Huxley - 1931 1984 (Livre) - George Orwell - 1949 Norman fait des vidéos (Chaîne Youtube) - Norman Thavaud - 2010 Person of interest (Série télévisée) - Jonathan Nolan - 2011 Watchmen (Comics) - Alan Moore - 1986 Watchmen (Film) - Zack Snyder - 2009 Captain America : Le Soldat de l'hiver - Anthony et Joe Russo - 2014 The Imitation Game - Morten Tyldum - 2014 Star-Trek (Série télévisée) - Gene Roddenberry - 1960 Babylon 5 (Série télévisée) - Joe Michael Straczynski - 1994 Sur l'onde de choc (roman) - John Brunner - 1975 Utopia (série télévisée) - Dennis Kelly - 2013 X-Men - Bryan Singer - 2000
The Happy Reader special: a celebration of Penguin's magazine that thinks it's a book club, and a live book club discussion of their Winter Book of the Season, We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. We interview editor Seb Emina who tells us the secrets of how the magazine is put together, and has some great ideas for how to get through the TBR pile including 'speed-dating for books', the perfect suggestion for the enthusiastic but time-poor reader. And we finish with our usual round of recommendations you might like to try for your next book club read. • Get in touch with us at thebookclubreview@gmail.com, follow us on Instagram @thebookclubreviewpod or Twitter @BookClubRvwpod, or leave us a comment on iTunes, we'd love to hear from you, and do subscribe if you like the show and be among the first to hear a new episode. • The Happy Reader magazine is produced biannually and can be found in good bookshops worldwide, or seek them out online at thehappyreader.com. Burley Fisher books are at 400 Kingsland Road, London E8, or online at burleyfisherbooks.com • Books mentioned in this episode: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1984 by George Orwell, Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish, plus in our extra bit at the end we discuss Birds, Art, Life, Death by Kyo Maclear and Swing Time by Zadie Smith. • For our next book club we will be reading and discussing Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles and A Horse Walks Into A Bar by David Grossman. • And if you're still reading then you might be the kind of person who will want to stay tuned for our extra bit at the end where we discuss what we've been reading and find out how Happy Reader editor Seb Emina gets through the piles of books he fears he won't have time to read in his lifetime.
In this pilot episode, I discuss my latest read, We - a dystopian classic novel by Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin.
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Luke reviews We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: http://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at Amazon, or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding […]
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Beginning with praise, transitioning to criticism and ultimately reaching a state of forgiveness, the panel embarks upon its ongoing Dystopian Novel Series with the granddaddy of the dystopian novel, We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. (Coincidentally recorded on the podcast's one year anniversary). Completed in 1921 and published in 1924 (with an English translation), Zamyatin's forging of the genre predates pretty much anything you might mistakenly argue came first. Harbor's Metropolis or the the Fritz Lang film adaptation? Sorry. London's The Iron Heel? Nope. Huxley's A Brave New World? Come on, man! Trust us, we looked this shit up. Today's episode was brought to you by the Numbers PF-237, GK-42 and SZ-119 as well as the word "insidious" and several pronunciations of the word "integral". Follow @Infin8Gestation on Twitter • Visit InfiniteGestation.com Show Notes & Links We (novel) Yevgeny Zamyatin The Iron Heel by Jack London Metropolis by Thea von Harbou Metropolis (1927 film) - Fritz Lang Voyager Golden Record "The Lottery" By Shirley Jackson 1984 by George Orwell Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [previous episode] Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Kurt Gödel
Yevgeny Zamyatin's experiences in the Tyne shipyards fed into his dystopian fable "We", which was published in 1919. It depicts a city of glass where citizens are spied upon. Fans of the book have included George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut and Tom Wolfe and it increasingly resonates with today's concerns about surveillance techniques. Matthew Sweet and an audience at The Free Thinking Festival from Sage Gateshead discuss the novel with poet Sean O'Brien, columnist David Aaronovitch and Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Sarah Dillon. Recorded on Sunday 27 October 2013.
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Yevgeny Zamyatin was born in rural Russia on February 20, 1884. He died just a little more than 53 years later, in exile, in Paris, on March 10, 1937. His only novel was not widely read during his brief life, nor is it widely read today. It’s become one of those classics people would rather acknowledge as classics than actually sit down to read. But it has exercised an immense influence, especially in the English-speaking world, thanks to writers like George Orwell, who did read it, and writers like Aldous Huxley and Ayn Rand, who probably read it. By influencing their more famous dystopian novels — 1984, Brave New World, and Anthem — We has made itself an honored place in the libertarian tradition.
Ultimately, he and the woman are caught, imprisoned, and tortured. In the end, he is sincerely repentant of his crimes and is completely devoted to the all-encompassing government that has done him all this harm.We was the work of a not-very-well-known Russian writer, Yevgeny Zamyatin. Nineteen Eighty-Four, by contrast, is extremely well known in the West today, particularly in England and the United States, where words and phrases like "Newspeak," "doublethink," "thoughtcrime," and "Big Brother Is Watching You" are familiar to millions who have never read the novel from which they come. And there is no getting around the similarities between 1984 and Zamyatin's We.