𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

Cover of This Perfect Day

This Perfect Day

✍ Scribed by Ira Levin


Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2011
Tongue
en-US
Weight
223 KB
Category
Fiction

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


By the author of Rosemary's Baby, a horrifying journey into a future only Ira Levin could imagine

Considered one of the great dystopian novels--alongside Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange and Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World--Ira Levin's frightening glimpse into the future continues to fascinate readers even forty years after 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 called UniComp that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. People are continually drugged by means of regular injections so that they will remain satisfied and cooperative. They are told where to live, when to eat, whom to marry, when to reproduce. Even the basic facts of nature are subject to the UniComp's will--men do not grow...


πŸ“œ SIMILAR VOLUMES


cover
✍ Ira Levin πŸ“‚ Fiction πŸ“… 2011 πŸ› Pegasus Books 🌐 en-us βš– 223 KB

By the author of Rosemary's Baby, a horrifying journey into a future only Ira Levin could imagine Considered one of the great dystopian novels--alongside Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange and Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World--Ira Levin's frightening glimpse into the future continues to fascinat

cover
✍ Ira Levin πŸ“‚ Fiction πŸ“… 2010 πŸ› Norton;Pegasus Books 🌐 English βš– 168 KB

By the author of Rosemary's Baby, a horrifying journey into a future only Ira Levin could imagine.

cover
✍ Cardeno C. πŸ“‚ Fiction πŸ“… 2014 πŸ› Dreamspinner Press 🌐 English βš– 264 KB πŸ‘ 2 views

Hollywood royalty Jeremy Jameson has lived a sheltered life with music as his sole focus and only friend. Before embarking on yet another international concert tour, he wanders into a bar in what he considers the middle of nowhere and meets a man who wins him over with his friendly smile and easy-go

cover
✍ Jambrea Jo Jones; J. R. Patrick πŸ“‚ Fiction πŸ“… 2012 πŸ› Dreamspinner Press 🌐 English βš– 48 KB

Joshua Ames and Roman Johnson have been together for eight happy years when some visiting friends get engaged, sparking Romans desire to tie the knot with Joshua. But Joshua claims marriage spells disaster for any couple. Suddenly Roman finds himself rethinking their relationship. Taking some time a

cover
✍ Helen Moorhouse πŸ“‚ Fiction πŸ“… 2017 πŸ› Poolbeg Crimson 🌐 English βš– 263 KB

_Little Frances slams the doors, and runs around the upstairs floors. She’ll steal your pen or touch your hair, when you’re sure there’s no one there. The nuns are meant to keep her safe, but she gets out of her own grave. So pull your covers over your head, Little Frances isn’t dead …_ On a bright

cover
✍ A.J. Jarrett πŸ“‚ Fiction πŸ“… 2013 πŸ› Siren-BookStrand 🌐 English βš– 106 KB

[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, werewolves, HEA] Jake Weathers just wants to be happy. After the death of his father and the abandonment of his twin brother, all he longs for is something normal in his life. But what he wants and what he gets are out of his contro