tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510763115118800825.post7991106771405939927..comments2023-09-26T11:07:08.180-04:00Comments on The Year It Didn't Happen: Moscow 2042 by Vladimir Voinovich (Владимир Войнович)That Hankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514310999129694443noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510763115118800825.post-39678469406813958232012-01-29T14:23:49.557-05:002012-01-29T14:23:49.557-05:00I read this book sometime in the late 80's. I ...I read this book sometime in the late 80's. I was in my early teens and my parents and I were vacationing in Orlando. We stopped at an outlet mall and I went into the "irregular" book store that had books nobody ever heard of at prices that just covered the cost of the production and delivery to the store. I bought the hardcover for a few dollars and read it in a day. Sadly, I lost my copy years ago.<br /><br />I loved reading (and still do) and thankfully I had just read 1984 a few months prior, so this book really interested me both as a parody and because of its extreme view of what could happen if an idea is taken too far.. Though really, 1984 is pretty extreme as well, just not as funny.<br /><br />This is still one of my favorite political / futurist / dystopian books along side Dune (which at its core is about the merging of politics and religion) and 1984. I own 2 copies at this point (both paperback) - one copy for myself and one to loan friends.<br /><br />One thing I've never forgotten, even before I reread the book a few years ago: Primary matter is secondary matter.Will Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690967599834113840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510763115118800825.post-48178286863654323162009-02-10T10:23:00.000-05:002009-02-10T10:23:00.000-05:00Now that sounds really interesting. Didn't Chuck P...Now that sounds really interesting. Didn't Chuck Palahniuk recently have a novel out that was about 3 men waiting in line to have sex with a porn actress who was doing some sort of mass gangbang?That Hankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05514310999129694443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510763115118800825.post-24932445188425006362009-02-09T18:48:00.000-05:002009-02-09T18:48:00.000-05:00It's not often someone comes across a dystopian no...It's not often someone comes across a dystopian novel I've never even heard of: it looks really interesting! It also reminds me of something else I read recently, 'The Queue' by Vladimir Sorokin, which is a novel entirely in dialogue, about people waiting in a queue in Soviet Moscow. They don't even know what they're queuing for--clothes? furniture? food? And the hero also gets to have sex with a hot Russian babe, too. Very odd, but very good (the book, not the sex).JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510763115118800825.post-33171032620973507112009-02-02T11:57:00.000-05:002009-02-02T11:57:00.000-05:00I'd like to go check it out some time, but so far ...I'd like to go check it out some time, but so far no luck on travels of that length. <BR/><BR/>I'd be curious as well about its effects in Russia. If I find an article about it, I'll post the link.That Hankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05514310999129694443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510763115118800825.post-43892525696518174522009-01-31T11:58:00.000-05:002009-01-31T11:58:00.000-05:00Interesting find. I wonder how this book was cons...Interesting find. I wonder how this book was considered when (if) it was published in Russia? It sounds like it was fairly critical of the regime at the time, which would suggest that the author would be at least be put on some list.<BR/><BR/>The Russians are a weird people. Their sci-fi is really weird. I think it's not just a question of language, but culture. To really get them, you have to go live there for a while.OlmanFeelyushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521657876810568251noreply@blogger.com