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Utopia/Dystopia
2 sections·16 books
The dream of a golden age, first expressed by Hesiod, and philosophical writings such as Plato's Republic, has become a recurring theme in literature. Many have attempted to define the ideal society. For some, the dream has turned into a nightmare, a dystopia. This page includes the best of these speculations.
- The Republic The RepublicOne of the first speculations about a planned society.
- Utopia UtopiaMores' work is a fictional travelogue to a country named 'Utopia', which means 'nowhere' in Greek.
- The New Atlantis The New AtlantisA short utopian travelogue by the inventor of the scientific method.
- The City of the Sun The City of the SunAlong with More, Campanella wrote one of the first early modern utopias.
Symzonia: Voyage of DiscoveryOne of the rarest Hollow Earth books: a perilous sea journey to a utopian society in the inner earth, possibly the first American utopian science fiction novel.- Erewhon, or Over the Range Erewhon, or Over the RangeAn influential 19th century satiric dystopia.
The Communistic Societies of the United StatesFirsthand view of the 19th century US communal living movement, including the Shakers.- Looking Backwards Looking BackwardsBellamy's classic utopian vision of the year 2000.
- Cæsar's Column Cæsar's ColumnDonnelly's dystopian novel with a utopian twist. This book contains many 19th century assumptions which may test your limits of political correctness, along with some stupifyingly correct predictions.
- News from Nowhere News from NowhereWilliam Morris' vision of a socialist England.
- Unveiling a Parallel Unveiling a ParallelA trip to Mars, where a strange society which practices equality of the sexes.
- A Modern Utopia A Modern UtopiaWells' 'novel of ideas' set on a parallel Earth.
- The Iron Heel The Iron HeelJack London's dystopian vision of a brutal future past.
Garden Cities of To-morrowA very influential early city planner's vision of the city of the future--which became a very successful reality.- Herland HerlandVisit a land where women are the only gender. They reproduce asexually, and worship a goddess. Classic of feminist scifi.
The Story of UtopiasA survey of the literature of utopias, by a pioneer of city planning.
Due to copyright restrictions, an etext of George Orwell's 1984 [External Site] is not available in the US. This link is to a copy on an Australian server. This file is not to be downloaded or read if you don't live in Australia, because that would be double plus ungood thoughtcrime.
Utopia/Dystopia
2 sections·16 books
The dream of a golden age, first expressed by Hesiod, and philosophical writings such as Plato's Republic, has become a recurring theme in literature. Many have attempted to define the ideal society. For some, the dream has turned into a nightmare, a dystopia. This page includes the best of these speculations.
- The Republic The RepublicOne of the first speculations about a planned society.
- Utopia UtopiaMores' work is a fictional travelogue to a country named 'Utopia', which means 'nowhere' in Greek.
- The New Atlantis The New AtlantisA short utopian travelogue by the inventor of the scientific method.
- The City of the Sun The City of the SunAlong with More, Campanella wrote one of the first early modern utopias.
- Symzonia: Voyage of DiscoveryOne of the rarest Hollow Earth books: a perilous sea journey to a utopian society in the inner earth, possibly the first American utopian science fiction novel.
- Erewhon, or Over the Range Erewhon, or Over the RangeAn influential 19th century satiric dystopia.
- The Communistic Societies of the United StatesFirsthand view of the 19th century US communal living movement, including the Shakers.
- Looking Backwards Looking BackwardsBellamy's classic utopian vision of the year 2000.
- Cæsar's Column Cæsar's ColumnDonnelly's dystopian novel with a utopian twist. This book contains many 19th century assumptions which may test your limits of political correctness, along with some stupifyingly correct predictions.
- News from Nowhere News from NowhereWilliam Morris' vision of a socialist England.
- Unveiling a Parallel Unveiling a ParallelA trip to Mars, where a strange society which practices equality of the sexes.
- A Modern Utopia A Modern UtopiaWells' 'novel of ideas' set on a parallel Earth.
- The Iron Heel The Iron HeelJack London's dystopian vision of a brutal future past.
- Garden Cities of To-morrowA very influential early city planner's vision of the city of the future--which became a very successful reality.
- Herland HerlandVisit a land where women are the only gender. They reproduce asexually, and worship a goddess. Classic of feminist scifi.
- The Story of UtopiasA survey of the literature of utopias, by a pioneer of city planning.
Due to copyright restrictions, an etext of George Orwell's 1984 [External Site] is not available in the US. This link is to a copy on an Australian server. This file is not to be downloaded or read if you don't live in Australia, because that would be double plus ungood thoughtcrime.
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Utopia/Dystopia
2 sections·16 books
The dream of a golden age, first expressed by Hesiod, and philosophical writings such as Plato's Republic, has become a recurring theme in literature. Many have attempted to define the ideal society. For some, the dream has turned into a nightmare, a dystopia. This page includes the best of these speculations.
- The Republic The RepublicOne of the first speculations about a planned society.
- Utopia UtopiaMores' work is a fictional travelogue to a country named 'Utopia', which means 'nowhere' in Greek.
- The New Atlantis The New AtlantisA short utopian travelogue by the inventor of the scientific method.
- The City of the Sun The City of the SunAlong with More, Campanella wrote one of the first early modern utopias.
- Symzonia: Voyage of DiscoveryOne of the rarest Hollow Earth books: a perilous sea journey to a utopian society in the inner earth, possibly the first American utopian science fiction novel.
- Erewhon, or Over the Range Erewhon, or Over the RangeAn influential 19th century satiric dystopia.
- The Communistic Societies of the United StatesFirsthand view of the 19th century US communal living movement, including the Shakers.
- Looking Backwards Looking BackwardsBellamy's classic utopian vision of the year 2000.
- Cæsar's Column Cæsar's ColumnDonnelly's dystopian novel with a utopian twist. This book contains many 19th century assumptions which may test your limits of political correctness, along with some stupifyingly correct predictions.
- News from Nowhere News from NowhereWilliam Morris' vision of a socialist England.
- Unveiling a Parallel Unveiling a ParallelA trip to Mars, where a strange society which practices equality of the sexes.
- A Modern Utopia A Modern UtopiaWells' 'novel of ideas' set on a parallel Earth.
- The Iron Heel The Iron HeelJack London's dystopian vision of a brutal future past.
- Garden Cities of To-morrowA very influential early city planner's vision of the city of the future--which became a very successful reality.
- Herland HerlandVisit a land where women are the only gender. They reproduce asexually, and worship a goddess. Classic of feminist scifi.
- The Story of UtopiasA survey of the literature of utopias, by a pioneer of city planning.
Due to copyright restrictions, an etext of George Orwell's 1984 [External Site] is not available in the US. This link is to a copy on an Australian server. This file is not to be downloaded or read if you don't live in Australia, because that would be double plus ungood thoughtcrime.