Utopian Fiction

A Christian Sci-Fi dystopian genre millennium novel by best-selling author, Marnie Pehrson Kuhns. In the not-too-distant future, freedom and choices cause the downfall of humanity. Equality is the prime directive of EarthPeace. One gender. One race. Your career, your friends, your clothes, your activities are all selected by the Happiness Bureau. The Abundance Bureau issues an equal number of credits to everyone, and all purchases are made via the Global Identification Chip in your right hand. Satellites and cameras track everything you do and say. Family, parenthood, religion are all ...

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE An outsider who can travel between worlds discovers a secret that threatens the very fabric of the multiverse in this stunning debut, a powerful examination of identity, privilege, and belonging. WINNER OF THE COMPTON CROOK AWARD FINALIST...

The Law was originally published as a pamphlet in French in 1850 by Frederic Bastiat. It is his most famous work and was written two years after the third French Revolution of 1848. It defines, through development, a just system of laws and then demonstrates how such law facilitates a free society. Bastiat was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly.

Who knew that escaping reality might just be the way we destroy it? Will Robin does what no one should: pluck microchips from people’s heads. In an age where AI has been fully integrated with human life, Will clearly sees what everyone else doesn’t; that it’s a ploy for control and power. What started out as using his skill to exercise his own free will quickly became a passion and a mission to free the world around him. Even if it’s just one pluck at a time. When the government gets wind of this, they target Will, and it sets off a cascade of events that threatens to take the one ...

In his final novel - which he considered his most important - Aldous Huxley transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events are set in motion when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and - to his amazement - give him hope.

In a single night, that dream is shattered. A system-wide attack decimates humanity, and the few insubstantial clues they have point straight back into her past and the horrors it holds. Plagued by strange dreams of her sister and a sense of growing danger, Karin and the crew of the Nemina must race desperately across space to find their loved ones - and answers. So starts The Eurynome Code, a fast-paced space opera. Like strong, snarky leads, high-octane action, and twists that will keep you on the edge of your seat? Then this series is for you. Get all six books in one!

Utopia for Realists is one of those rare books that takes you by surprise and challenges what you think can happen. From a Canadian city that once completely eradicated poverty to Richard Nixon's near implementation of a basic income for millions of Americans, Bregman takes us on a journey through history and beyond the traditional left-right divides as he champions ideas whose time has come.

In "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" (1883), Friedrich Engels explains that Marxism is scientific socialism. Engels claims that whereas utopian socialism is idealist, reflects the personal opinions of the authors and claims that society can be adapted based on these opinions, scientific socialism derives itself from reality. It focuses on the materialist conception of history, which is based on an analysis over history, and concludes that communism naturally follows capitalism.

Rising out of the Nevada canyons, Utopia is a theme park so technologically advanced as to be awe-inspiring. But serious mishaps are starting to cause concern, and things turn from bad to worse when a group of mercenaries infiltrates the park's computerized infrastructure, holding the entire park hostage. The engineer who designed the park now must find a way to save it.

Anthropologist David Graeber - one of our most important and provocative thinkers - traces the peculiar and unexpected ways we relate to bureaucracy today and reveals how it shapes our lives in ways we may not even notice...though he also suggests there may be something perversely appealing - even romantic - about bureaucracy.

Former FBI profiler Adrian West is in Rome for a history conference when she learns that her friend and colleague, Dr. Sebastian Rossi, has been abducted.

Utopia is the name given by Sir Thomas More to an imaginary island in this political work written in 1516. Book I of Utopia, a dialogue, presents a perceptive analysis of contemporary social, economic, and moral ills in England. Book II is a narrative describing a country run according to the ideals of the English humanists, where poverty, crime, injustice, and other ills do not exist.

Just when I thought I was safe from deportation, I wasn't. Earth wasn't looking to get rid of me. My homeworld wasn't trying to pull me back. But of course there is no force on Earth or Dlamias that is quite like the power of angry academics on the loneliest planet. The center of learning and the symbol of a peace and unity that was more fragile than anyone wanted to admit...and I... their student, had proved myself a disruptive element, shaking the table on which a delicate house of cards sat that might tumble at any moment. I had to prove my worth, the value of my work, and that adding a ...

“Their trademark world building and questions of morality remain intact . . . The explosive cliffhanger ending—also now something of a trademark—promises one final return to the series.” — Booklist The fourth novel in Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter’s bestselling series, which io9...

They said no one had ever escaped their rainforest.
 They said no one went beyond the mist. 
Well, they were wrong. Claude Talador, the rebellious pichu monkey, has made the leap and entered a world of shadows, forgotten bridges, lawless communities, vicious wild animals, and stories the State tried to erase. His sister, Tia, has been ordered to hunt him down. But chasing a traitor through an unknown jungle means leaving behind the comforts of control—and opening her eyes to dystopian truths she was never meant to see. Guided by riddles, a mystical toucan, and the faint whisper of ...

Disclosure Day: Interview Two – Faith After Contact What if First Contact doesn’t just challenge science—but the spiritual foundation of humanity? Thirty-three days before Disclosure Day, Dr. Lena Morales is recruited into a classified initiative under Project AEON. Her assignment isn’t technical—it’s theological: engage leaders from Earth’s most prominent religions to assess how global faith traditions might respond to the imminent confirmation of intelligent extraterrestrial life. “Will their doctrines bend, break—or reveal quiet preparation? Through a series of high-...

People are suddenly branded with a blood-red, three-digit number on their chests, providing incredible insight into our lifespans. But who is responsible for this life-changing phenomenon? In a world filled with paranoia, mistrust, and uncertainty—where the consequences of every action are instantly revealed—a ruthless killer emerges with a bizarre modus operandi: his victims have timers that are about to expire. Detective Stewart, hardened, cynical and committed to a case, struggles to find leads on this elusive suspect until a terrified scientist reveals a connection between the ...

Peach Blossom Paradise, set at the time of the reform, is the story of Xiumi, the daughter of a wealthy landowner and former government official who falls prey to insanity and disappears. Days later, a man with a gold cicada in his pocket turns up at their family estate and is inexplicably welcomed as a relative.

Nirvana, our perfect future. The idyllic State where government maintains the ultimate safety by control over its Citizens, dictating what food they eat, who they partner with, and what’s acceptable thought. Orderly yet malicious, Nirvana’s justice system uses criminals in gladiator-like games for its Citizens’ entertainment. Games that both kill and incentivize the torture of innocent men. It’s a ruthlessly efficient society that Kip chafes under... Frustrated and bored with his life of routine, Kip dutifully follows the rules until the day he’s positioned to cross a line he ...

Things are going very pleasantly now in the world of the Savior. Mikhail is the proud father of an adorable little girl and has a son on the way. Sienna has proven to be a superb “Supreme General Manager” for the planet, and more girls are becoming human 2.0s. Everyday humans are behaving surprisingly well, demonstrating what is possible with strong, effective and inspirational leadership. Of course, having a “big dog” keeping his eye on things doesn’t hurt. Here in the 13th volume of this saga, the “big dog” and the Queen have to protect the planet yet again, this time from ...