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Friday, September 1, 2006 12:00 AM

The mad Russian

Years before "1984," Yevgeny Zamyatin wrote "We" -- a dystopian nightmare that remains eerily relevant even as Huxley and Orwell seem almost quaint.
By Priya Jain

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  • Saturday, September 2, 2006 08:58 AM

    Imaginary number

    I would like to point out that √ -1 is not an irrational number -- it is imaginary. Whether the inaccuracy in the review is indicative of a similar mistake in the book I cannot say, but if Zamyatin was indeed a fellow math nerd I doubt it.


    That aside, good review of a book that I should most definitely read now.

    —Bemopolis Read Bemopolis's other letters

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