ira levin

Ira Marvin Levin born New York, New York: 27 August 1929 died New York, New York: 12 November 2007 Ira Levin was an American novelist (thrillers, horror, science fiction), playwright and songwriter. He first wrote and produced training films while working for the US Army before writing TV...

I read this book in high school (we had just evolved past chiseling in stone) and I am trying to find it. Future society where the population was controlled by weekly injections. The government controlled all aspects of life. The main character was a child (early teen?) who was told by his...

Whist not remembered as a science fiction writer, Levin wrote several thrillers using SFF elements. Most famously, Rosemary’s Baby and Son of Rosemary are about a woman who may be the mother of the antichrist, but there are SF elements in The Boys From Brazil, Sliver and The Stepford Wives. I’ve...

Author of among others Rosemary's Baby. It's a Brave New World clone but with lots more action. Just listened to an audio version and thought it quite a good yarn. Anyone else know the book?

I am desperately trying to remember the title and author of a story I read, probably in the 60's. Story is about a culture of people who are given drugs to stay nonviolent and compliant. They live in dorms and live a proscribed life. One man pretends to take the medicine, but doesn't...

Received my latest amazon order today, and have just flattened the Stepford Wives. Hollywood should be shot. they missed so much of the subtle parrody and the full horror of the stepford situation. I'm about to embark on The Boys from Brazil. I know i enjoyed the film version with Gregory Peck...