Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780553290028
ISBN number: 0553290029
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Quantity: 1
Printing Date: February 01, 1991
Publishing house: Bantam
Release Date: February 01, 1991
Sale Popularity Level: 328081
Studio: Bantam
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I read this book when I was in school and have always remembered it. I wanted my son to read it - with the way things are, it is not all that unbelievable that it is possible.
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I very first read this in as an undergrad - again about 15 years later & now, again after another 15 years This is a fantastic look at what our world is becoming. Very scary but also gives some ideas for those that will have to combat the "superstructuring" of their lives that will come one day. The book should be required reading for all very first year college students & we can hope that they will give it some serious thought as well as enjoy it as much as its' faithful readers do. I used to think that it would happen in my lifetime but probably not & I am so glad that it isn't our way of life quite yet. I have always been afraid that we would not end up in a Utopian lala land that is as mindless & pleasant as the book portrays. There is a wonderful kindness to all the calm, peaceful days in their lives.
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I don't remember how I came to own this book, maybe through a bookclub, but I read it years ago. I loved it and re-read it several times. It is the sort of book that you can't get out of your mind. I am not a "science fiction" fan at all, but of all the books in this genre I have ever read this is undoubtably the best. ( I have read "1984" "Atlas Shrugged" etc) I have somehow lost my copy and am sorry that I didn't hold onto it. It is interestingt that the copies still around are selling for as much as a new book does these days!
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I admit it- I bought this book because I liked the cover art, and man is it great! It reminded me of the film Equilibrium, except it was written about 30 years prior. Everybody thinks or Rosemary's Baby & The Stepford Wives when they think of Levin, but This Perfect Day is his true masterpiece. Why isn't this a movie? The end where the old man's head is on the young athletic body would be so cool to see on the big screen. And many parts are very sexy. Like the organized orgies. And the women who go off the drug getting enhanced sexual desires (among other things), is really something. Just writing this makes me want to read it again...
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At age 58 I cannot remember when I very first read this book. It's not that I am losing my mind, but it was that long ago. I have haunted used book stores, flea markets and online, and have bought several hard backs and soft backs so that I am not without a copy of this book (Does this ring of the movie "Conspiracy Theory and the Catcher in the Rye"). I also shared this book with my daughter who is not as much a reader as I am and she loved it too. I cannot understand why this book has not been brought back into print, used as mandatory reading in school and also perhaps made into a movie. Ira Levin has had other books made into movies. I am not going review the story but is there anyone out there who wants it not to end when it does? I have read this book once a year for years and like a small child, keep thinking something will click and I will see whether life on the Island will improve once Chip returns...how will the untreated survive... Also I think that Chip and others due to small differences than the norm are more liable to rebel and this is what the powers that be (Programers, is that what they call themselves...hmmm) were watching for.
As a child I was a science fiction freak and I still love it if I can find a good futuristic society book such as "Beggers In Spain" and now I am a Stephen King/horror/mystery freak. But what can I say, ask me what my favorite book is and it will always be, THIS PERFECT DAY!!!
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