This Perfect Day — Ira Levin

By the author of Rosemary''sBaby, a horrifying journey into a future only Ira Levin could imagine

Considered one of the great dystopian novels-alongsideAnthony Burgess'' A Clockwork Orangeand Aldous Huxley''s Brave New World-IraLevin''s frightening glimpse into the future continues to fascinate readers evenforty years after publication.

The story is set in a seemingly perfect global society.Uniformity is the defining feature; there is only one language and all ethnicgroups have been eugenically merged into one race called ""The Family."" Theworld is ruled by a central computer called UniComp that has been programmed tokeep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. People arecontinually drugged by means of regular injections so that they can neverrealize their potential as human beings, but will remain satisfied andcooperative. They are told where to live, when to eat, whom to marry, and whento reproduce. Even the basic facts of nature are subject to the UniComp''s will-mendo not grow facial hair, women do not develop breasts, and it only rains atnight.

With a vision as frightening as any in the history of thescience fiction genre, This Perfect Dayis one of Ira Levin''s most haunting novels.