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One is a dystopian novel by David Karp first published in 1953. It was also published under the title, Escape to Nowhere.
David Karp (May 5, 1922 – September 11, 1999) was an American novelist and television writer. He also used the pseudonyms Wallace Ware and Adam Singer. [1]
David Karp was born on 5 May 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Hawkins (1973), The Untouchables (1959) and I Spy (1965). He died on 11 September 1999 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA.
One by David Karp is a dystopian novel where it is set in an unknown time in the future in an unknown country, where the society is all perfect. Every citizen is being watched, and if needed, they will get brainwashed and re-educated.
David Karp (1922-1999) was an American novelist and Emmy-winning screenwriter. His screenplay of One was produced twice for television in the 1950s. The years after World War II seem to have been a particularly rich time for dystopian fiction. It's easy to understand why.
"One" by David Karp, 1953. It is like a nightmarish but plausible convergence of an über HR Services Dept. and the State, attempting to flush out and supplant individual heresy with conformity, even when dealing with the life of a most innocuous individual.
First published in 1953, One embodies the paranoia of totalitarianism, where personal freedoms are a threat to the State and individualism has to be brutally controlled. A taught, psychological thriller, this book ranks with the works of Orwell and Huxley as among the great dystopian novels of the era.
