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Author: Ira Levin ,
Andrew Cartmel
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 13.70cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 21.30cm
Weight: 0.408kg
ISBN: 9798212642668
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 06 August 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""Will make the hairs on your neck rise up and tremble."" -- ""Cleveland Plain Dealer"" ""A futuristic nightmare."" -- ""New York Times"" ""A superb tale of a future where artificial intelligence rules."" -- ""Mal Warwick on Books"" ""An exceptionally serious contribution to the analysis of our own world."" -- ""Dimensions"" ""In my view, This Perfect Day outshines Huxley's Brave New World and Orwell's great 1984 in a number of ways. First of all, in the greater political and cultural perspicacity...Secondly, Levin's is superior...in all the elements of novel-building: in plot, stylistic virtuosity, and characterization."" -- ""Ralph Raico, founder of the New Individualist Review"" ""Ira Levin must have built an actual time machine and moved to 2020, where he rented an apartment and wrote the manuscript for This Perfect Day with one eye on cable news. There can be no other possible explanation."" -- ""GeekyDomain.com"" ""Ira Levin's Brave New World."" -- ""New York Times Book Review"" ""Marvelously entertaining. A cross between Brave New World and Doctor Who."" -- ""Look magazine"" ""Outshines Orwell's 1984."" -- ""Book Week"" ""The excitement never falters."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""The same riveting directness that made Rosemary's Baby a terrifying reality."" -- ""Los Angeles Herald Examiner"""
""This Perfect Day outshines Huxley's Brave New World and Orwell's great 1984 in a number of ways. First of all, in the greater political and cultural perspicacity...Secondly, Levin's is superior...in all the elements of novel-building: in plot, stylistic virtuosity, and characterization."" -- ""Ralph Raico, founder of the New Individualist Review"" ""A novel rich with all the variables of human existence."" -- ""Minneapolis Star"" ""Will make the hairs on your neck rise up and tremble."" -- ""Cleveland Plain Dealer"" ""A futuristic nightmare."" -- ""New York Times"" ""An exceptionally serious contribution to the analysis of our own world."" -- ""Dimensions"" ""Ira Levin must have built an actual time machine and moved to 2020, where he rented an apartment and wrote the manuscript for This Perfect Day with one eye on cable news. There can be no other possible explanation."" -- ""GeekyDomain.com"" ""Ira Levin's Brave New World."" -- ""New York Times Book Review"" ""Marvelously entertaining. A cross between Brave New World and Doctor Who."" -- ""Look magazine"" ""Outshines Orwell's 1984."" -- ""Book Week"" ""The excitement never falters."" -- ""Publishers Weekly""
Author Information
The genre-defining works of novelist-playwright Ira Levin (1929-2007) include such indelible titles as Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil, and Deathtrap--the fifth longest-running play in Broadway history. At home in nearly every genre--horror (Rosemary's Baby), crime (Edgar-winning A Kiss Before Dying), science fiction (This Perfect Day), comedy (No Time For Sergeants), even a Broadway musical (Drat! The Cat!)--Levin's enduring works continue to resonate with readers and audiences, serving as iconic cultural and creative touchstones. Learn more at Levin's official website, IraLevin.org. Andrew Cartmel is a British author, journalist, and former script editor of Doctor Who. He has also worked as a script editor on other television series, a magazine editor, a comics writer, and a novelist.
