A Modern Utopia
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Fiction & Literature, Classics
| Author: | H G Wells | ISBN: | 9780141921181 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | March 31, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
| Author: | H G Wells |
| ISBN: | 9780141921181 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publication: | March 31, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Language: | English |
While walking in the Swiss Alps, two English travellers fall into a space-warp, and suddenly find themselves in another world. In many ways the same as our own - even down to the characters that inhabit it - this new planet is still somehow radically different, for the two walkers are now upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government. Here, as they soon learn, all share a common language, there is sexual, economic and racial equality, and society is ruled by socialist ideals enforced by an austere, voluntary elite: the 'Samurai'. But what will the Utopians make of these new visitors from a less perfect world?
While walking in the Swiss Alps, two English travellers fall into a space-warp, and suddenly find themselves in another world. In many ways the same as our own - even down to the characters that inhabit it - this new planet is still somehow radically different, for the two walkers are now upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government. Here, as they soon learn, all share a common language, there is sexual, economic and racial equality, and society is ruled by socialist ideals enforced by an austere, voluntary elite: the 'Samurai'. But what will the Utopians make of these new visitors from a less perfect world?
