A Modern Utopia - Classic Dystopian Novel by H.G. Wells | Perfect for Book Clubs, Literature Studies & Sci-Fi Fans

Author: Wells, H. G.

Classic science fiction

Published on 31 March 2005 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 320 pages
197 x 129 x 19 | 238g

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?