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Anyone interested in the origin of dystopian novels should check out We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, the first book to be banned by the Soviet Censorship board.

>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.

>One number, D-503, chief architect of the Integral, decides to record his thoughts in the final days before the launch for the benefit of less advanced societies. But a chance meeting with the beautiful 1-330 results in an unexpected discovery that threatens everything D-503 believes about himself and the One State. The discovery -- or rediscovery -- of inner space...and that disease the ancients called the soul.

I was certain that this was going to be a link to We by Zamyatin on Amazon.

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. This book, along with books by Kafka and Wells is on of the originals that spawned great books like Brave New World, 1984, Anthem, etc.

I'm about to start reading a book called "We" https://www.amazon.com/We-Yevgeny-Zamyatin/dp/0380633132 which was banned in the Soviet Union for obvious reasons. I think it may have been the first of these types of dystopian novels.

Reminds me of We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (1921)

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (1921)

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is about future totalitarian society. It was written in Soviet Russia in the 1920's (where it was quickly banned) and inspired George Orwell to write 1984.

How about We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (Wikipedia entry, Amazon link Hey, now that I look at it, that's the same copy I have!)? Dystopian future book, written by a Russian in Russia, right around the time Stalin was consolidating his power (It got him exiled. Twice! Well, it was a factor at least). Also around that time was when we were first really trying to study the brain and how it worked, so there's some cool influences from that as well.

I'd really recommend it.

I don't know if this counts as a novella, but I remember really enjoying reading "We" (http://www.amazon.com/We-Yevgeny-Zamyatin/dp/0380633132) when I was younger.

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http://www.amazon.com/We-Yevgeny-Zamyatin/dp/0380633132

How about sales of We, on which Brave New World is based?

If you liked 1984 you should check out We. Also a dystopian novel, pretty grim, and written a whole 20 years before 1984.

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Check out the book: We

George Orwell got his inspiration for 1984 from this book. Short read but damn good.