The Utopia of Us
edited by Teika Marija Smits
The year 2024 marks the centenary of the first publication of the hugely significant novel
We
by the Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin. The direct inspiration for George Orwell's
1984
,
also influenced many other novels, such as Ursula K. Le Guin's
The Dispossessed
and Kurt Vonnegut's
Player Piano
.
ushered in a new genre - the future dystopia - and in doing so gave birth to the many dystopian novels and films which have found their way into our popular culture.
Inspired by Zamyatin's ground-breaking novel,
features stories by some of the most imaginative of today's writers of speculative fiction, including Aliya Whiteley, R.T. Ester, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Anne Charnock, Tim Major, Anna Orridge, Douglas Thompson, Nadya Mercik, Liam Hogan, Fiona Mossman, Ian Whates, Michael Teasdale, Ana Sun, Rayn Epremian, and Sofia Samatar. A timely and necessary celebration of
offers the reader stories of hope and despair, wonder and brutality. Most of all,
reminds us of our humanity.
Due to Russia's current war with Ukraine, royalties from the book will be donated to the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.