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unusual facts about utopian and dystopian fiction



A Prophetic Romance

A Prophetic Romance: Mars to Earth is an 1896 utopian novel written by John McCoy, and published pseudonymously as the work of "The Lord Commissioner," the narrator of the tale.

Aristopia

Aristopia: A Romance-History of the New World is an 1895 utopian novel by Castello Holford, considered the first novel-length alternate history in English (and among the earliest alternate histories in general).

Die Wächter

The dystopian novel The Guardians (German title: Die Wächter) is a piece of work by the English author John Christopher.

Just Cause 2

Just Cause 2 is set four years after the first Just Cause, with Agency operative Rico Rodriguez being dropped into Panau, a fictional dystopian island nation in Maritime Southeast Asia.

New Amazonia

New Amazonia: A Foretaste of the Future is a feminist utopian novel, written by Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett and first published in 1889.

Sub-Coelum

Sub-Coelum: A Sky-Built Human World is an 1893 utopian fiction written by Addison Peale Russell.

The Diothas

The Diothas; or, A Far Look Ahead is a 1883 utopian novel written by John Macnie and published using the pseudonym "Ismar Thiusen".

The New Paul and Virginia

The New Paul and Virginia, or Positivism on an Island is a satirical dystopian novel written by William Hurrell Mallock, and first published in 1878.


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