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It is a utopian novel, in one interpretation. That interpretation views it as about how utopia isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be.
by amalcon 16y ago
It is a utopian novel, in one interpretation. That interpretation views it as about how utopia isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be.
- sprout 16y agoWell, yes, but possibly it's still better than our present society, which is the key question.
- arethuza 16y agoThe Scottish writer Iain M. Banks has come up with a rather splendid utopia in his Culture novels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture). As he notes this causes a bit of a problem for a novelist in that a true utopia is actually pretty boring - so imperfections pretty much have to be introduced to give you something to write about. [NB: I would be more than happy to become a Culture ambassador, if anyone is listening ;-)]