TY - ABST T1 - “Bittersweet Are the Waters” Y1 - 2022 A1 - Mame Bougouma Diene ED - Bodhisattva Chattopadhayay ED - Ana Rüsche ED - Francesco Verso KW - French author KW - Male author KW - Senegalese author KW - US author AB -

The story takes places in a drought stricken African future where H2OCorp controls all supplies of water and, therefore, is all powerful.

JF - Meteotopia: Futures of Climate (In)Justice PB - Associazione Future Fiction CY - Rome SN - . 978-8-83207783 U2 -

Illus. Simone Alvisini

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “The Old Man and the Bird” Y1 - 2021 A1 - Aël Magnard KW - French author KW - Male author AB -

In the story a bird, a dog, and a young couple explore the revitalized world.

JF - XR WORDSMITHS’ Solarpunk Storytelling Contest UR - http://www.solarpunkstorytelling.com/stories/old-man-bird/ U2 -

Illus. Dustin Jacobus

ER - TY - ABST T1 - Londonia Y1 - 2020 A1 - Kate A. Hardy KW - English author KW - Female author KW - French author AB -

The novel is set in what remains of London after a series of climate-change catastrophes. It is divided between the “cincture,” a wealthy area protected from the climate, and Londonia where people get by as they can. The female protagonist wakes up in Londonia with much of her memory gone, and she makes a life for herself as a “finder” of artifacts from before the catastrophe which are traded within Londonia or sold/traded in the cincture. Uses an invented language that combines English with words derived mostly from French. There is a Glossary on 397-99. 

PB - Tartarus Press CY - Leyburn, Eng. SN - 978-1-912856-19-6 N1 -

This is a revised version of her Hoxton. Np: Lulu Publishing, 2016, which cannot be found. Hoxton is the name of the protagonist in Londonia

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This is a revised version of her Hoxton. Np: Lulu Publishing, 2016

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Counting the Days” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Kathy Schilbach ED - Cat[herine Tigerlily] Rambo (b. 1963) KW - English author KW - Female author KW - French author AB -

A dystopia in which at age seventy-five no further medical care is given. you then have ninety days to live. 

JF - If This Goes On PB - Parvus Press CY - Yardley, PA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Neon Empire Y1 - 2019 A1 - Drew Minh KW - French author KW - Male author KW - Spanish author KW - US author AB -

The novel is set in Eutopia in the near future. Eutopia is not eutopian, but a dystopian city where social media drives the economy.

PB - Rare Bird Books/California Coldblood Books CY - Los Angeles, CA SN - 9781947856769 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Ambrosia" Y1 - 2017 A1 - Emeline [Mimie] Morin ED - Gavin Miller ED - Anna McFarlane KW - Female author KW - French author KW - Scottish author AB -

Dystopia set in a future where eating food is illegal, and everyone is fed intravenously and are starving. 

JF - A Practical Guide to the Resurrected: Twenty-One Short Stories of Medicine and Science Fiction PB - Freight Books CY - Glasgow, Scot. SN - 978-1-911332-50-3 U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Underworld 101" Y1 - 2017 A1 - Mame Bougouma L. P. Diene KW - French author KW - Male author KW - Senegalese author KW - US author AB -

The story is set in a future dystopia in which Earth is almost entirely a desert and people have resorted to cannibalism. 

JF - Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine VL - no. 9 UR - https://omenana.com/2017/04/06/underworld-101/ N1 -

Rpt. in Sunspot Jungle: The Ever-Expanding Universe of Science Fiction and Fantasy [the cover adds Volume One]. Ed. Bill Campbell (Greenbelt, MD: Rosarium, 2019), 58-71. 

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Apes and Satellites” Y1 - 2016 A1 - Mame Bougouma L. P. Diene KW - French author KW - Male author KW - Senegalese author KW - US author AB -

The story is told from the point-of-view of an ape whose habitat is being destroyed by satellite mining. 

JF - Brittle Paper: An African Literary Experience UR - https://brittlepaper.com/2016/12/apes-satellites-mame-bougouma-diene-african-scifi/ ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Slumber" Y1 - 2016 A1 - Emeline [Mimie] Morin ED - Mike Clocherty KW - Female author KW - French author KW - Scottish author AB -

Dystopia in which Earth is an environmental disaster and those who are trying to settle a new planet have been so damaged by the long sleep necessary to travel there, many being blind or dead, half having committed suicide, and most disengaged) that they are unable to do the needed work. 

PB - The Speculative Bookshop EBook CY - [Glasgow, Scot.] U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Two Sisters in Exile” Y1 - 2012 A1 - Aliette de Bodard (b. 1982) ED - Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) KW - Female author KW - French author KW - US author AB -

A eutopia of peace threatened by the surrounding warrior peoples.

JF - Solaris Rising1.5: An Exclusive Ebook of New Science Fiction PB - Solaris CY - London U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Lugano Report: On Preserving Capitalism in the Twenty-first Century Y1 - 1999 A1 - Susan George (b. 1934) KW - Female author KW - French author KW - US author AB -

Dystopia. A report on what is required to keep free market capitalism in control in the future that identifies a number of major issue, the most important being the growth of population in the developing world. The report says that policies should be implemented to ensure that starvation, disease, war, and so forth ensures that this problem is controlled. Compare to 1967 Lewin, Report from Iron Mountain.

PB - Pluto CY - London N1 -

New ed. London: Pluto, 2003.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Vienna Blood Y1 - 1999 A1 - Adrian Mathews (b. 1957) KW - English author KW - French author KW - Male author AB -

Murder mystery set in a technologically advanced, mildly dystopian 2026 Vienna.

PB - Jonathan Cape CY - London N1 -

Rpt. London: Vintage, 2000.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Pyrexia (A sapiens-fiction novel) Y1 - 1997 A1 - Michel Méry KW - French author KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

In a future where people can travel to alternative realities through a machine interface, a man, Abelard, tries to re-find Pyrexia, a sex goddess, but keeps ending up in the past (our present). Both his future and our present are depicted in dystopian terms.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Musichor” Y1 - 1983 A1 - Albert Russo KW - French author KW - Male author AB -

In what was published of the story, conflicts over language had led to wars and the use of nuclear weapons, after which humanity came to its senses and replaced words with music, available through an implant at birth. 

JF - Aurora Speculative Feminism VL - no. 23 (8.3) UR - 23-Vol-8-No-3.pdf (sf3.org) U2 -

Illus. Georgie Schnobrich

ER - TY - ABST T1 - Out Y1 - 1964 A1 - Christine [Frances Evelyn] Brooke-Rose (1923-2012) KW - English author KW - Female author KW - French author AB -

Dystopia in which light skinned people are suppressed.

PB - Michael Joseph CY - London U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Hespamora Y1 - 1935 A1 - James Francis Dwyer (1874-1952) KW - Australian author KW - French author KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Includes a description of a dystopian community for the idle rich.

PB - Methuen & Co CY - London U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Lady Ermyntrude and the Plumber; A Love Tale of MCMXX Y1 - 1912 A1 - Percy [Arthur Perceval] Fendall (1850-1917) KW - Australian author KW - English author KW - French author KW - Male author AB -

The Great Compulsory Work Act requires that everyone work. For example, the monarch is paid by the job for ceremonial duties, and the Queen takes in paying guests. No House of Lords. Illegal to give credit.

PB - S. Swift CY - London N1 -

Rpt. London: S. Swift, 1919

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Planetary Journeys and Earthly Sketches Y1 - 1908 A1 - George Raffalovich (1880-1958) KW - French author KW - Male author KW - UK author KW - US author AB -

Four connected stories. "A Trip to Another Planet" is about a vaguely described eutopia with no prejudice, a single language, no politics or religion, no marriage and few women or children. "On the Loose" renews contact with the visitors from another planet and is mostly a critique of the Earth. In "The Hardy Annual" another planet is visited that is inhabited by the Greek Empedocles, his descendants, and beings he has created. "The Windmillers" describes the society of that planet, which stresses science and mutual respect. The other stories, two of which were also published in New Age, are not utopian.

PB - Arnold Fairbairns CY - London N1 -

New ed. as On the Loose (London: Publishing Office of the Equinox, [1910]), 1-52. Collection of stories, the first four of which were originally published in New Age--“A Trip to a Planet” (1-16) in no. 692 (ns 2.7) (December 14, 1907): 132-33; “On the Loose” (17-30) in no. 695 (ns 2.10) (January 4, 1908): 192-93; “The Hardy Annual” (31-41) in no. 698 (ns 2.13) (January 25, 1908): 252-53); and “The Windmillers” (42-52) as “The Wind-Millers” no. 702 (ns 2.17) (February 22, 1908) 331-32. 

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New ed. as On the Loose. London: Publishing Office of the Equinox, [1910]

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Storm of London: A Social Rhapsody Y1 - 1904 A1 - [Mme.] [Fernande] [Blaze de Bury] (d. 1931) KW - Female author KW - French author KW - Scottish author AB -

Humorous eutopia. Reform through the disappearance of clothes and of anything that could be used as covering, including paper. People are unable to recognize each other. Stress on class. Only occurs in England and the novel is centered on upper class London. Not being able to tell police from non-police, the streets become self-policing, and government collapses. Much employment (manufacturing and shops) disappears, and shops are initially turned into great dining halls. Since there is no paper, most money is gone, and an economy in which everyone does some useful labor develops. No eroticism; morally better. Reunification of churches. Technological advances using electricity. 

PB - John Long CY - London N1 -

U.S. ed. Boston, MA: Herbert B. Turner, 1905. Both eds. have H. Dicksberry on the cover.

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F. Dickberry [pseud.]

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Gates of Afree A.D. 1928: A Romance of the New Empire Y1 - 1903 A1 - Henri Van Laun (1820-96) KW - Dutch author KW - English author KW - French author KW - Male author AB -

The novel, with characters and incidents the author describes in the Preface as symbols of the forces at work in South Africa, suggests the eutopia based on technology and a form of socialism that is possible in South Africa as long as it is part of the British Empire. Racist.

PB - W.H. White & Son CY - Edinburgh, Scot. U1 -

New Original Tale at the head of the title on the cover.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Vicious Virtuoso Y1 - 1898 A1 - Louis Lombard (1861-1927) KW - French author KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

A romance and adventure novel that includes a story of an ancient Egyptian race that was greatly advanced both spiritually and scientifically and produced a society in which all lived well. Everyone had equal food and clothing. No money. No religion, no political factions, and no patriotism. Higher education only for the elite and women excluded because it made them "less fit to bear and nourish children" (111). Euthanasia encouraged. Eugenics. Divorce easy with remarriage within a year required. The eutopia is destroyed by organized religion.

PB - F. Tennyson Neely CY - London/New York N1 -

Rpt. Boston, MA: Dana Estes, 1909

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - L.... A... T... to his fellow citizens of the United States of America; and Through Their Medium, To All His Other Human Beings on Earth, Not Any Where Else! Y1 - 1837 A1 - Louis Anastasius Tarascon (1759-1840) KW - French author KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Eutopia. Argues that an intentional community to be called Startspoint should be founded on the Upper Mississippi (called the Missouri in the text), and presents detailed regulations of life in it, including the structure and rules of the community (Magazine of History 23-32), and a description of the daily life (32-37), which is very organized and highly structured. Later communities further West will be established called, in order, Union and Perfection. Earlier the author had published L. A. Tarascon, To His Friends, &c. &c. &c. Louisville, KY: Np, 1836. 14 pp., which suggests the establishment such a community but without any social details. See also his 1836 Republican Education, the 2nd ed. of which is printed in this book. 

PB - H. D. Robinson CY - New York N1 -

Rpt. in Magazine of History With Notes and Queries (New York), no. 148 (1929): 5-42.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Republican Education, and Gradual Western March, of Enlightened, Laborious, Virtuous, and Happy Generations, from All the Present and Future United Sates and Territories of North America Through Their Rocky Mountains, To Their North-West Coasts on the Pacific Ocean; whence, in time, Further On--The Only Means, Not Only of Extending Knowledge and Happiness All Around the Whole Earth, but, the Only One, Also, of Maintaining Their Union: nay, more, the Only One of Maintaining Any One of Their Republics Y1 - 1836 A1 - Louis Anastasius Tarascon (1759-1840) KW - French author KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

A detailed description of the settlements he hopes will be established with a stress on education (15-16) and a description of “Regular Daily Life” (16-23). See also 1837 Tarascon, which reprints the 2nd ed. of this book. The author was born in France and moved to the U.S. in 1794, where he became a successful businessman.

PB - Ptd. S. Penn, Jr. CY - Louisville, KY N1 -

2nd ed. rpt. in his L.... A... T... to his fellow citizens of the United States of America; and Through Their Medium, To All His Other Human Beings on Earth, Not Any Where Else! New York: H.D. Robinson. Rpt. in Magazine of History With Notes and Queries (New York), no. 148 (1929): 5-42. 

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "London in a Thousand Years" Y1 - 1830 A1 - Eugenius Roche Esq. (1798-1829) KW - English author KW - French author KW - Irish author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia. While the poem begins with an almost eutopian description of London, it quickly becomes a description of London's disintegration and collapse.

JF - London in a Thousand Years; With other Poems PB - Colburn and Bentley, 1830 CY - London ER - TY - ABST T1 - An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa, an Island Subject to the Emperor of Japan. Giving an Account of the Religion, Customs, Manners, & c. of the Inhabitants. Together with a Relation of what happen'd to the Author in his Travels; particularly his Conferences with the Jesuits, and others, in several Parts of Europe. Also the History and Reasons of his Conversion to Christianity, with his Objections against it (in defence of Paganism) and their Answers. To which is prefix'd, A Preface in Vindication of himself from the Reflections of a Jesuit lately come from China, with an Account of what passed between them Y1 - 1704 A1 - George Psalmanaazaar [pseud.] KW - French author KW - UK author AB -

Detailed description of an imaginary Formosa, good, bad, and satire, presented as if it were real. 

PB - Ptd. for Dan. Brown, G. Strahan, and W. Davis, and Fran. Coggan CY - London N1 -

Rpt. as Vol. II of the Library of Imposters. London: Robert Holden & Co., 1926. 2nd ed. London: Ptd. for Mat. Wotton, 1705.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The History of the Sevarites or Sevarambi; a Nation inhabiting part of the third Continent, Commonly called, Terra Australis Incognitae. With an Account of their admirable Government, Religion, Customs, and Language. Written By one Captain Siden [pseud.]. A worthy Person, Who, together with many others, was Cast upon those Coasts, and lived many Years in that Country Y1 - 1675 A1 - [Denis] [Vairasse d'Allais] (c. 1637-c. 1683) KW - French author KW - Male author AB -

A major work of French utopianism first published in English. Detailed eutopia stressing equality and moderation. A new language is presented. Set in what became Australia.

PB - Ptd. for Henry Brome CY - London N1 -

The second part, published in 1679, has the identical title except that A further replaces an before Account and The Second Part more wonderful and delightful than the First is added after Country. Plagiarized in Capt. Lemuel Gulliver [pseud.]. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. Volume 3. 2 parts. London: np, 1727 [This is not by Jonathan Swift], which is rpt. in Gulliveriana III. Comp. Jeanne K. Welcher and George E. Bush, Jr. (Delmar, NY: Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints, 1972), 1-295. Published in French as Histoire des Sévarambes, peuples qui habitant une Partie du troisiéme Continent, communément appellé La Terre Australe. Contenant une Relation du Gouvernement, des Moeurs, de la Religion, & du Langage de cette Nation, inconnuë jusques à present aux Peuples de l’Europe. 2 Parts. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Estienne Roger, 1702. There was also a 1716 edition with the same title and publisher. A modern French edition is Histoire des Sévarambes. Ed. Michel Rolland. Amiens, France: Encrae, 1994. A modern English edition is Denis Veiras, The History of the Sevarambians: A Utopian Novel. Ed. John Christian Laursen and Cyrus Masroori. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Scydromedia seu sermo, quem Alphonsus de la Vida Habuit Coram Comite de Falmouth, De Monarchia. Liber Primus Y1 - 1669 A1 - Antonii Le Grand (1629-99) KW - English author KW - French author KW - Male author AB -

A utopia similar in form to 1516 More but rejecting common ownership of property.

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Alphonsus de la Vida [pseud.]

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