Title: Great story about a bleak future
Review: A fantastic tale of the horrors of a future society that abdicates freedom in exchange for efficiency. As with The Boys From Brazil, Levin's "This Perfect Day" would seem prophetic if written today, and is astounding considering it predates 1970. Before picking this up, I had no idea Levin had written any science fiction, and was pleased to find this book as thought-provoking and thrilling as his others. The writing was tight, the characters realistic (even for the future), the tone modern, and there were twists throughout. It also ends on a happier note than do many of Levin's other works.Incidentally, "This Perfect Day" reminded me a little of (Heinlein's) Stranger In A Strange Land in terms of its sexually cavalier mores (it is surprisingly passionate), and- as with Stranger's "grok"- in the way some of its catch phrases should be (are (?)) a part of the science fiction vernacular ("Fight Uni"; "Christ, Marx, Wood, and Wei").
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