It's decades since I read Herland... would be interested to see how I view it now. Unfortunately, the copy I had is long gone. Must go on a search! I have read all those books except the Welsh one. Definitely The Dispossessed had the biggest influence on me. A masterpiece, indeed.
Yeah it does have some pretty funny moments, especially in the ways the male explorers start off with such confidence and pride before gradually realising just how out of their depth they are in this new society. Herland is definitely the most humorous book in this list.
thank you for putting together this very interesting list. If possible in future can you do a list on "hard scifi utopias" ? like father away from politics and philosophy and more technologies that made world a better place and life better for more people :)
That's an interesting idea but I think I would need to read more. Two space operas come to mind, Iain M. Banks' Culture and Alastair Reynolds' Prefect Dreyfus series, both of which have elements of hard sci-fi utopia
Samuel R. Delany's novel Trouble on Triton, according to the author, is somewhat in conversation with The Dispossessed. He subtitled it An Ambiguous Heterotopia to make the connection more apparent. It's a great read.
I tried to read A Week in Future Wales recently and could not finish it. Simplistic writing and plotting. A sadly too conservative view of the future for me. Also this edition, the same one you have, has been produced in a very amateurish and slapdash manner. The other books: all worth the time! Thanks
Real life place not Utopia but wonderful. Greece in 1974 after the fall of the Junta (Hunta in Greek) so a rebirth of democracy. The Island I lived on for 7 years was such a high particularly if you found the highest energy places. Not like that now. You need a time machine. Never read a convincing Utopia novel yet. Dystopia novels? I fear so.
You should review dystopian novels. My favorite is the Holy Bible, which looks to be a horrible place to live with an angry and incompetent god ruling the populace.
Great video! All of these sound so good. I think I will add Herland, Island and Childhoods end to my tbr!
Thank you for watching! I'd love to know your thoughts after reading any of these.
It's decades since I read Herland... would be interested to see how I view it now. Unfortunately, the copy I had is long gone. Must go on a search! I have read all those books except the Welsh one. Definitely The Dispossessed had the biggest influence on me. A masterpiece, indeed.
Interesting books, thanks for sharing...😊😊
Herland sounds interesting! Is there any humor in the book? I'm curious about this book.
Yeah it does have some pretty funny moments, especially in the ways the male explorers start off with such confidence and pride before gradually realising just how out of their depth they are in this new society. Herland is definitely the most humorous book in this list.
thank you for putting together this very interesting list. If possible in future can you do a list on "hard scifi utopias" ? like father away from politics and philosophy and more technologies that made world a better place and life better for more people :)
That's an interesting idea but I think I would need to read more. Two space operas come to mind, Iain M. Banks' Culture and Alastair Reynolds' Prefect Dreyfus series, both of which have elements of hard sci-fi utopia
Samuel R. Delany's novel Trouble on Triton, according to the author, is somewhat in conversation with The Dispossessed. He subtitled it An Ambiguous Heterotopia to make the connection more apparent. It's a great read.
Thanks for letting me know, I'm not familiar with that one. I haven't read any Delany yet but Babel-17 has been on my radar for some time.
I wrote a utopian novel, Real Grid.
I tried to read A Week in Future Wales recently and could not finish it. Simplistic writing and plotting. A sadly too conservative view of the future for me.
Also this edition, the same one you have, has been produced in a very amateurish and slapdash manner.
The other books: all worth the time! Thanks
John Wyndham's "Consider Her Ways" also posits a feminist utopia. Worth looking up.
Thanks for sharing. I like John Wyndham but I'm not familiar with that one.
@@bookspin - It is a novelette, not a novel.
My manga “Man.Co” sounds alot like Herland, with elements from The Island and Childhood’s end 😂 thank you for helping my *Utopia* research! 3:06
sounds like rider haggard was inspired by herland to write SHE
To answer the your question at the end of video, I think I would like to live in Herland, no men, no marriage, perfect!
Real life place not Utopia but wonderful. Greece in 1974 after the fall of the Junta (Hunta in Greek) so a rebirth of democracy. The Island I lived on for 7 years was such a high particularly if you found the highest energy places. Not like that now. You need a time machine. Never read a convincing Utopia novel yet. Dystopia novels? I fear so.
You should review dystopian novels. My favorite is the Holy Bible, which looks to be a horrible place to live with an angry and incompetent god ruling the populace.
🤣 That might be a bit of a controversial book review!
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