Three by Ira Levin

Deathtrap: A Thriller in Two Acts Deathrap was first presented by Alfred de Liagre, Jr. & Roger L. Stevens at The Music Box theatre in NYC on 2/26/1978. Directed by Robert Moore, William Ritman scenery, Ruth Morley costumes, Marc B. Weiss lighting. Action takes place in Sidney Bruhl's study in Wesport CT.

A Kiss Before Dying A Kiss Before Dying not only debuted the talent of best-selling novelist Ira Levin to rave reviews, it also set a new standard in the art of mystery and suspense. Now a modern classic, as gripping in its tautly plotted action as it is penetrating in its exploration of a criminal ...

Sliver: A Novel (Thorndike Press Large Print Paperback Series) A successful career woman living in Sliver, a glittering Manhattan high-rise, discovers that someone is watching her every move. By the author of Rosemary's Baby. Reprint. Movie tie-in.

All About Eve (Two-Disc Special Edition) Bette davis is an aging star who takes in an adoring fan only to discover that the protege is using her to climb the ladder of success and fame. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 04/08/2008 Starring: Bette Davis George Sanders Run time: 138 minutes Rating: Nr

Three works of Genius
I was given a copy of this volume by my father, who found it at a yardsale. I started off cautiously with "Rosemary's Baby"--which scared the hell out of me several successive nights in a row, but it still had me gripped, I must've ploughed through the last half of it all in one sitting. "Stepford Wives" is also good and a standard classic by Levin, but it paled in comparison to "Rosemary's Baby" and, what I considered the real masterpiece of the work, "This Perfect Day." I am a huge fan of "1984" and "Brave New World," but, honestly, I think both are nothing compared to "This Perfect Day." The work is just so amazing and more emotional that Orwell or Huxely, it's stranger in ways, perhaps even a little more disturbing and, for most of the work, seems even more hopeless (at least things seemed to be going good for Winston and John the Savage in the other dystopias!). It is beautiful, wonderful, chilling and thought-provoking. I have reccomended this book to almost everyone and wish it were back in print so they could all get it more easily. The other two books in this volume I may only mention as afterthought.

Is there a "Best Dystopia" category?
Pretty Orwellian, if so. But this book should be a contender. It's always fashionable to dismiss popular literature, and I'm not going to claim that Levin is our generation's Dickens -- but his plotting and pacing are top-notch, and his restrained narrative is a lesson in drawing the reader in.

A rare Levin novel and two of his most popular as well
I am not a fan of Rosemary's Baby, and anyway, it's been reviewed plenty o' times. And you know about the Stepford wives, But...If you haven't read Levin's This Perfect Day, the third novel in this collection, you are in for a big treat. This is a science-fiction futuristic novel about a post-modern age society where disease, deformity, discrimination and any other social ill have been cured. A giant computer controls breeding, marriage, career and every other conceivable aspect of life. For those areas of human nature not controllable by computer, there's indoctrination and "treatments." The treatment is a weekly hypospray of immunizations, birth control, hormones and LPK, a lithium-based tranquilizer that dulls the baser human urges and promotes peaceful behavior. And if anyone experiences even the slightest "friction", there is your personal advisor to monitor your behavior, and adjust your meds.The hero of the book, Chip, is a square peg in a round hole. He meets a few other such misfits and the novel is off to a wonderful adventure. The theme is individual freedom, overweening power and a dysutopian society where peace and prosperity come at a high price. Worth reading. Don't miss it.

Trust No One
I loved This Perfect Day by Ira Levin. It is the one story that has me thinking that we should not trust government, computers and drugs. This shows what happens when we forget who we are and what happens when we don't question what the people we trust are doing. Find this story if you can it is well worth the search!