We (Version 2)
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
So subversive, the Soviet Union banned it.
D-503 is a single note in the harmonious choir of the United State, a totalitarian nation ruled by mathematical perfection and order. As he walks the glass sidewalks and documents his life in "records" for the reader, he worries that he might be developing something the doctors call a "soul." We is considered to be the inspiration of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Ayn Rand's Anthem, among other staples in science fiction and dystopia. Its treatment of technological advancement and individuality will not be lost on the modern reader. - Summary by Roger Serling (6 hr 53 min)
Chapters
Foreword | 10:00 | Read by Roger Serling |
Records 1, 2, 3 | 21:14 | Read by Roger Serling |
Records 4, 5, 6 | 24:38 | Read by Roger Serling |
Records 7, 8, 9 | 30:24 | Read by Roger Serling |
Records 10, 11 | 25:22 | Read by 65tux |
Records 12, 13 | 18:57 | Read by 65tux |
Records 14, 15 | 14:42 | Read by 65tux |
Records 16, 17 | 33:04 | Read by abbiek |
Records 18, 19 | 28:58 | Read by dereksaid |
Records 20, 21 | 19:14 | Read by Steve Olkiewicz |
Records 22, 23 | 20:31 | Read by De Anna Lee |
Records 24, 25 | 23:19 | Read by KalenXI |
Records 26, 27 | 21:00 | Read by KalenXI |
Records 28, 29 | 20:22 | Read by KalenXI |
Records 30, 31 | 22:07 | Read by KalenXI |
Records 32, 33 | 17:29 | Read by De Anna Lee |
Records 34, 35 | 27:59 | Read by 65tux |
Records 36, 37 | 15:30 | Read by 65tux |
Records 38, 39 | 14:52 | Read by 65tux |
Record 40 | 3:45 | Read by Roger Serling |
Reviews
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