Dystopian & Utopian Books
In the Year Ten Thousand
Will N. HarbenThe old man reflected for a few minutes, then, looking into the boy’s eager face, he answered: “That subject will be hard for you to understand. I will try to make it plain. To the unformed minds of e..
The Co-opolitan
Zebina ForbushEducation counts for everything, and if we had been taught that to stand on our heads an hour a day was essential to salvation most of us would observe that form without question. Some, however, are s..
History of a World of Immortals without a God
James William BarlowOne reason for this was clearly the very great interest taken by Homi in the ‘Voyages of Gulliver,’ a copy of which was presented to him by the doctor. In particular, the accounts of the philosophers ..
Perfection City
Adela E. OrpenMrs. Weston was tired and sat down in her rocking-chair to rest. Her day’s work was fairly over. The breakfast had been ready punctually at half past five, and it was well-cooked, as she had boasted i..
Riallaro: The Archipelago of Exiles
Godfrey SwevenHow deep the debt we owe him when we think of all he taught us! Beside it all else sinks into nothingness. And there is no way in which we can vent our gratitude to him but by telling his story to oth..
Idealia, a Utopian Dream
H. Alfarata Chapman ThompsonThe writer in sending out this little book asks that its readers will try to bear in mind that while the whole idea may be more or less ideal, it is hoped that here and there a thought may be culled w..
The Council of Seven
J. C. SnaithHE fates were at her elbow. As she sent for the Evening Press, she realized that fact to the full. Afraid to turn again to her occupation of the last three hours, the weighing of her love for John End..
A New Aristocracy
Alice E. BartlettMargaret Murchison, the eldest of the three children, was too strongly built, physically and mentally, to be beautiful. It is indisputably true that where nature puts strength she also puts hard lines..