Erewhon
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"A utopian classic with a rich legacy-influencing authors from Huxley to Herbert and beyond-Erewhon satirizes Victorian society with biting insight still relevant today. When Higgs, a young traveler, stumbles upon the beautiful land of Erewhon, he soon discovers that its seemingly ideal culture is founded upon bizarre, unsettling beliefs. Crime is a sickness, while sickness is a crime; the greatest scholarly achievement is unreason, and all machines have been eliminated for fear of artificial intelligence. In a society that suppresses originality, the traveler and his values are a threat. Torn between escape and Arowhena, the woman he has grown to love, Higgs must contend with Erewhon's strange ways-and with the challenges they pose to his own beliefs. Engaging with the work of Charles Darwin and inspired by the author's time in colonial New Zealand, Erewhon is a bright, irreverent, and enduring text about technology, religion, crime, and institutional rigidity. This new edition of the 1872 classic arrives in honor of its 150th anniversary, featuring a brilliant introduction contextualizing the book from one of New Zealand's great academic thinkers in science fiction, Dr. Octavia Cade"--
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Butler, S., & Cade, O. (2022). Erewhon. 150th anniversary edition. Erewhon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902 and Octavia Cade. 2022. Erewhon. Erewhon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902 and Octavia Cade, Erewhon. Erewhon Books, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Butler, Samuel, and Octavia Cade. Erewhon. 150th anniversary edition. Erewhon Books, 2022.
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