2 Quotes & Sayings By Yavgeny Zamyatin We

Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin was a Russian novelist, playwright, essayist, and science fiction author. He was the father of Soviet science fiction. Zamyatin's best-known works are We (1924) and The Trial (1937). We is a dystopian novel that follows a narrator named D-503 as he goes into a highly technological society that has been brought to it's knees by war and strife Read more

It's a harsh look at the effects of technology on our lives and where we're headed if we don't learn from it's mistakes. The Trial is a satirical novel that looks at the nature of society through the point of view of one man who finds himself on trial for his life for allegedly violating the new "laws" of his society - which are really just some rules spelled out by the leaders so they can rule the masses more effectively.