WE ... Translated by Bernard Guilbert Guerney. Introduction and Bibliographical Note by Michael Glenny by Zamiatin, Eugene (Evgeny Zamyatin) - 1970

London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. Octavo, boards. First British edition and first printing of this translation. "Over a half-century since its appearance, the novel WE remains one of the most exciting and influential works of science fiction. Its basic plot, whereby a true believer comes to question the validity of a totalitarian state and thus to transform it from a utopia into an anti-utopia, has been repeated by Aldous Huxley in BRAVE NEW WORLD (1932), George Orwell in NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR (1949) and by any number of epigones; yet its artistry, prophetic power, and underlying philosophy have not been surpassed." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2433-41. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-177; (1981) 2-131; (1987) 2-147; (1995) 2-157; and (2004) II-1302. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2450. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 838. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 189. Lewis, Utopian Literature, pp. 217-20. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 1226. Bleiler (1978), p. 214. Reginald 15754. A fine copy in bright, nearly fine dust jacket with mild wear to edges and rubbing to black background ink on rear panel. Seldom found nowadays in such nice condition. (#139946)