Lesson learnt: Dystopian classics never disappoint. Never put them off for later.

The writing is poetry: lyrical paragraphs woven by silken threads of words--a blanket of thoughtful silence and comforting leisure.

When a book's voices start coming alive and you hear your own thoughts echoing among them, you know you've found a masterpiece. If there was one book I had to remember, to BE: I would claim this 'un in a heartbeat.