In A Modern Utopia, two travelers fall into a space-warp and suddenly find themselves upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government. Women have equal rights, and mothers receive a stipend from the government for raising children, though only if they are married (unlike the welfare schemes of our world). It set the scene for many modern, scientific utopias and dystopias. © 2008-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. A Modern Utopia is a 1905 novel by H. G. Wells.. Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure A Modern Utopia has been called "not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia." It makes me think that. The way the writer got his ideas onto the page was just so drawn-out sometimes as to make tedious reading; I guess it's just the 1905 way of putting ideas down on paper. There is also the conception that some men are doomed to failure; and others are allowed to be more free than others. Modern Utopia, which will unfold itself as a background to these two enquiring figures. OR, you have the wonderful romantic view that the world will come to an end naturally, but, these are seldom, few and far between. A MODERN UTOPIA is the third of Wells's four books on modern socialism and his predictions on the social and economic world, preceded by ANTICIPATIONS (1901) and MANKIND IN THE MAKING (1903) and followed by NEW WORLDS FOR OLD (1908). There will be an effect of these two people going to and fro in front of the circle of a rather defective lantern, which sometimes jams and sometimes gets out of … In it Wells' explores his ideas for social change, the creation of a world state and of what would be needed to facilitate increases in overall human happiness. Amongst these thoughts are that the world must either come to an end violently in splintered city groups, zombies or technology, seeing the fall of civilisation in a melting pot of depravity. A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells, 1905, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd. edition, Hardcover in English But along the way, this thought experiment becomes a real story, and even his theoretical companion becomes the character “The Botanist”. A Modern Utopia was intended as a hybrid between fiction and 'philosophical discussion'. A pioneer of science fiction, H. G. Wells (1866–1946) wrote thrilling adventures about time travel, space exploration, alien invasion, and scientific experiments gone awry. Delphi Parts Edition (H. G. Wells) Series. Please try again. But the ideas are wonderful, albeit hilarious at times in the convoluted way described. Unable to add item to Wish List. While walking in the Swiss Alps, two English travellers fall into a space-warp, and suddenly find themselves in another world. The main protagonist narrates much of the novel and it is very much a manifesto for a political utopia, one very much driven by socialist ideals. 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