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> they get mistreated by the system as often as they get lifted up by it. In the end she makes the explicit point that this is just one possible way of organizi
by wz1000 9y ago
> they get mistreated by the system as often as they get lifted up by it. In the end she makes the explicit point that this is just one possible way of organizing human societies among a nearly infinite set of possibilities
Well, the book is subtitled "An Ambiguous Utopia"
- vidarh 9y agoWhich is fitting, given that Thomas More's original Utopia (as in the novel of that name) was also very much ambiguous (e.g. a lot of the features of More's utopia were things very much at odds with his rather pious catholic personal views).
- pavlov 9y agoInteresting — I don’t think my copy had that.
- auxbuss 9y agoI have the Avon paperback from 1975 and on the cover it says: The magnificent epic of an ambiguous utopia – Winner of the Nebula Award! I don't believe this phrase was a subtitle so much as part of the cover blurb. It's not mentioned again.
- jrochkind1 9y agoWikipedia says 'When first published, the book included the tagline: "The magnificent epic of an ambiguous utopia!" which was shortened by fans to "An ambiguous utopia" and adopted as a subtitle in certain editions', with footnotes that I haven't bothered to follow.