The best world The best world The creation of an ideal world has been a question at almost any stage of humanity’s development. The brilliant British writer George Orwell and a famous Russian novelist Eugene Zamyatin showed the readers an impressive interpretation of the promising at the first glance attempts to make the utopian state in their novels “1984” and “We”. If we compare both books, it will be easily noticed that they have quite the same storyline: the protagonist at first accepts the new ideal world, but then he fights against it. What is more, the crucial similarity is that both novels have a compelling love story, which adds a sentimental touch to the gripping plot. Still, there are some considerable differences between two storylines. As “1984” (1949) was written 29 years later than “We” (1920), it is remarkable that its characters and regime hugely resembles a typical communist country of those years. Zamyatin, however, managed to develop an innovative idea of the utopian country, which was not so popular in the first decades of the 20th century. Personally, I would strongly recommend to read both books starting with “1984”. Although George Orwell’s story is really powerful, it is predictable due to the historic period in which the story was created. However, “We” is more exhilarating and fast-moving due to more fictional details which the author skillfully added.