The best books on Alternative Futures, recommended by Catherine Mayer Read 1 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Read 2 Idoru by William Gibson Read 3 The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin Read 4 Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Read 5 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood The best books on Alternative Futures, recommended by Catherine Mayer Catherine Mayer—author, journalist and president of the Women’s Equality Party—talks to Five Books about her optimism for a more equal future for society by way of her favourite science fiction visionaries and their work.
The best books on Alternative Futures, recommended by Catherine Mayer Catherine Mayer—author, journalist and president of the Women’s Equality Party—talks to Five Books about her optimism for a more equal future for society by way of her favourite science fiction visionaries and their work.
The best books on Utopia, recommended by Ellen Wayland-Smith Read 1 City of God by St Augustine Read 2 Utopia by Thomas More Read 3 A Modern Utopia by HG Wells Read 4 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Read 5 Paradise Now: The Story of American Utopianism by Chris Jennings The best books on Utopia, recommended by Ellen Wayland-Smith Utopia is out of fashion because efforts to set one up normally end disastrously, says author Ellen Wayland-Smith. And yet, they offer a critique of society that, even today, can’t be ignored. She picks the best books on utopia.
The best books on Utopia, recommended by Ellen Wayland-Smith Utopia is out of fashion because efforts to set one up normally end disastrously, says author Ellen Wayland-Smith. And yet, they offer a critique of society that, even today, can’t be ignored. She picks the best books on utopia.
The best books on Dystopia and Utopia, recommended by Chan Koonchung Read 1 Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy Read 2 The Iron Heel by Jack London Read 3 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Read 4 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Read 5 Swastika Night by Katherine Burdekin The best books on Dystopia and Utopia, recommended by Chan Koonchung Warnings about the future of society contained in novels such as Nineteen Eighty-Four may seem less important since the fall of the Soviet Union, but they are all too relevant to China today, argues the Chinese writer
The best books on Dystopia and Utopia, recommended by Chan Koonchung Warnings about the future of society contained in novels such as Nineteen Eighty-Four may seem less important since the fall of the Soviet Union, but they are all too relevant to China today, argues the Chinese writer
The best books on Civilisation and its Discontents, recommended by Paul Kingsnorth Read 1 A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright Read 2 The Word for World is Forest by Ursula Le Guin Read 3 Technological Slavery by Theodore Kaczynski Read 4 St Mawr by DH Lawrence Read 5 Double Axe by Robinson Jeffers The best books on Civilisation and its Discontents, recommended by Paul Kingsnorth One of our myths is the idea of progress – that things always get better. But many human civilisations before ours have risen and then collapsed. We’re no different, says the co-founder of the Dark Mountain project
The best books on Civilisation and its Discontents, recommended by Paul Kingsnorth One of our myths is the idea of progress – that things always get better. But many human civilisations before ours have risen and then collapsed. We’re no different, says the co-founder of the Dark Mountain project
The best books on Utopia, recommended by John Quiggin Read 1 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Read 2 Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks Read 3 The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith Read 4 Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright Read 5 Essays in Persuasion by John Maynard Keynes The best books on Utopia, recommended by John Quiggin The Australian economist and author of Zombie Economics says we need to inspire people with a view of a better society. In short, we need a new utopia.
The best books on Utopia, recommended by John Quiggin The Australian economist and author of Zombie Economics says we need to inspire people with a view of a better society. In short, we need a new utopia.
John Gray recommends the best Critiques of Utopia and Apocalypse Read 1 The Invisible Writing by Arthur Koestler Read 2 Civilisation and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud Read 3 The Pursuit of the Millennium by Norman Cohn Read 4 The Sense of an Ending by Frank Kermode Read 5 Hello America by JG Ballard John Gray recommends the best Critiques of Utopia and Apocalypse Is it inevitable that the desire to build a perfect world should end in disaster? John Gray considers the flaws in utopian thinking and the essential nature of humans. He recommends the best critiques of utopia and apocalypse.
John Gray recommends the best Critiques of Utopia and Apocalypse Is it inevitable that the desire to build a perfect world should end in disaster? John Gray considers the flaws in utopian thinking and the essential nature of humans. He recommends the best critiques of utopia and apocalypse.
The Best Apocalyptic Novels, recommended by James Miller Read 1 The Road by Cormac McCarthy Read 2 Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban Read 3 The Book of Dave by Will Self Read 4 Judge Dredd by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Carlos Ezquerra Read 5 When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs The Best Apocalyptic Novels, recommended by James Miller The tutor of creative writing at London’s South Bank University selects what he feels are the best Apocalyptic novels. Includes volumes from Raymond Briggs, Cormac McCarthy and Will Self.
The Best Apocalyptic Novels, recommended by James Miller The tutor of creative writing at London’s South Bank University selects what he feels are the best Apocalyptic novels. Includes volumes from Raymond Briggs, Cormac McCarthy and Will Self.
