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The Blazing World (1666) by Margaret Cavendish – Describes a utopian society in a story mixing science-fiction, adventure, and autobiography. [3] The Isle of Pines (1668) by Henry Neville – Five people are shipwrecked on an idyllic island in the Southern Hemisphere. [16] The History of the Sevarites or Sevarambi (1675) by Denis Vairasse [3]
Utopian fiction is the creation of an ideal world as the setting for a novel. ... Authors of utopian literature (22 P) N. Utopian novels (2 C, 124 P) S. Star Trek (20 ...
Utopian novels use an ideal society as their settings. ... The World a Department Store; X. Xin Zhongguo weilai ji; Y. The Year 3,000; The Year 2440;
In ecotopian fiction, the author posits either a utopian or dystopian world revolving around environmental conservation or destruction. Danny Bloom coined the term "cli-fi" in 2006, with a Twitter boost from Margaret Atwood in 2011, to cover climate change-related fiction , [ 20 ] but the theme has existed for decades.
This is a list of notable works of dystopian literature. A dystopia is an unpleasant (typically repressive) society, often propagandized as being utopian. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction states that dystopian works depict a negative view of "the way the world is supposedly going in order to provide urgent propaganda for a change in direction."
Christian utopian community Free Lovers at Davis House Ohio Francis Barry [6] 1854 1858 A community based on Free love and spiritualism. [6] Reunion Colony: Texas Victor P. Considerant: 1855 1869 A utopian socialism community. Octagon City: Kansas Henry S. Clubb Charles DeWolfe John McLaurin 1856 1857 Originally built as a vegetarian colony.
Brave New World-A critique on the conflict between the human element and animal nature of man as well as the manipulative use of psychological conditioning. Island; After Many a Summer; Jünger, Ernst: 1895–1998 Heliopolis; Eumeswil; Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963 Space Trilogy; Borges, Jorge Luis: 1899-1986 Philosophical idealism; Eternal recurrence ...
The portion of the world where most of the events take place is called the Four Corners of Civilization in the books, and the whole world has been officially named "Temerant" by Patrick Rothfuss in his blog. [3] World of Tiers: The Maker of Universes: 1965 Philip Jose Farmer: Series of pocket universes created by an advanced, decadent humanoid ...