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This perfect day. 2nd printing

A dystopian society is tightly controlled by the computers that oversee and regulate it. Rebels against its drug-induced conformity must therefore try to change the computer's fundamental programming.

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  • "A dystopian society is tightly controlled by the computers that oversee and regulate it. Rebels against its drug-induced conformity must therefore try to change the computer's fundamental programming."
  • "Considered of the greatest dystopian thrillers ever written - alongside Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - Ira Levin's frightening glimpse into the future continues to fascinate readers even forty years after first publication. The story is set in a seemingly perfect global society. Uniformity is the defining feature; there is only one language and all ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into one race called 'The Family'. The world is ruled by a central computer that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. Citizens are continually drugged by means of regular injections so that they can never realize their potential as human beings, but will remain satisfied and cooperative. They are told where to live, when to eat, whom to marry, when to reproduce. With a vision as frightening as any in the history of the science fiction genre, This Perfect Day is one of Ira Levin's most haunting novels."
  • "A dystopian society is tightly controlled by the computers that oversee and regulate it. Rebels against its drug-induced conformity must therefore try to change the computer's fundamental programming."@en
  • "This Perfect Day is set in a seemingly perfect global society. Uniformity is the defining feature; there is only one language and all ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into one race called 'The Family'. The world is ruled by a central computer that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. Citizens are continually drugged by means of regular injections so that they can never realize their potential as human beings, but will remain satisfied and cooperative. They are told where to live, when to eat, whom to marry, when to reproduce."
  • "'Marvellously entertaining. A cross between Brave New World and Doctor Who.' Look Magazine Considered one of the greatest dystopian thrillers ever written, Ira Levin's terrifying glimpse into the future continues to fascinate readers forty years after its initial publication. Set in a seemingly perfect global society, where uniformity is the defining feature, one man leads the resistance against UniComp - a central computer that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. All ethnic groups ha."@en
  • "Met enkele anderen komt de hoofdpersoon in opstand tegen de computer die bijna de gehele aarde beheerst."
  • "Chip fights for freedom from a mechanized, chemically controlled world which stifles nature and human individuality."@en
  • "Chip fights for freedom from a mechanized, chemically controlled world which stifles nature and human individuality."
  • ""Dans le futur, les nations ont aboli les guerres et la misère. Mais à quel prix? Gouvernés par un ordinateur géant, les hommes sont - à l'aide d'un traitement hormonal mensuel adéquat - uniformisés, privés de toute pensée originale. Dans un univers où il n'existe que quatre prénoms différents pour chaque sexe, le jeune Li RM35M4419 va hériter de son grand-père d'un étrange cadeau : un surnom, Copeau. Ce sera le début pour lui d'une odyssée qui va l'amener d'abord à s'accepter en tant qu'individu, puis à la révolte. Il n'est heureusement pas seul, d'autres ont décidé de se rebeller. Mais seront-ils assez forts pour lutter contre Uni, le super-cerveau informatique de cette humanité déshumanisée?"
  • "Toekomstroman waarin de hoofdpersoon met enige anderen in opstand komt tegen de computer die bijna de gehele aarde beheerst."

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  • "Sci-fi"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Dystopias"
  • "Dystopias"@en
  • "Horror fiction"@en
  • "Powieść sensacyjna amerykańska"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "American fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Science fiction"
  • "Science fiction"@da
  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "Vědecko-fantastické romány"

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  • "This perfect day. 2nd printing"@en
  • "Un bonheur insoutenable : roman"
  • "Un Día perfecto"
  • "En vacker dag ---"@sv
  • "Die sanften Ungeheuer Roman"
  • "Fagre nye elektronverden"@da
  • "Fagre nye elektronverden : Omsl.: Lars Hove"@da
  • "Un Bonheur insoutenable"
  • "Un día perfecto"
  • "Un día perfecto"@es
  • "Un bonheur insoutenable"
  • "Un bonheur insoutenable"@en
  • "This perfect day a novel"@en
  • "This Perfect Day : Introduction by Jonathan Trigell"@en
  • "En vacker dag- : [thriller]"
  • "En vacker dag- : [thriller]"@sv
  • "O zi perfectă : [roman]"
  • "Ten báječný den"
  • "Ten bajecny den"
  • "Questo giorno perfetto : romanzo"@it
  • "Questo giorno perfetto : romanzo"
  • "This Perfect Day / Introduction by Jonathan Trigell"
  • "Denʹ sovershenstva"
  • "Este día perfecto"@es
  • "Este día perfecto"
  • "Die sanften ungeheuer"
  • "Die sanften Ungeheuer"
  • "En vacker dag-"@sv
  • "This perfect day : roman"
  • "De dag der dagen"
  • "This perfect day; a novel"
  • "This perfect day"@en
  • "This perfect day"
  • "This perfect day"@es
  • "O zi perfecta"
  • "En vacker dag"@sv
  • "This perfect day : [science-fiction-novel]"

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