City of Endless Night

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TitleCity of Endless Night
Year for Search1919
AuthorsHastings, Milo [Milton](1884-1957)
Date Published1919/1920
PublisherDodd, Mead
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Dystopia. A remarkably accurate picture of a future fascist society in Berlin. The society is completely authoritarian, completely racist, and completely sexist. There is a tremendous emphasis on eugenics with marriages arranged by the state. Berlin is completely underground, and there is a constant war with free democracies outside. One emphasis in the work is the status of women, who are primarily used for breeding. In the end Berlin is defeated.
Additional Publishers

Rpt. with an introduction “Milo Hastings: Prophet of Totalitarianism” by Sam Moskowitz (unpaged). Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1974. Originally published as "Children of 'Kultur'." True Story Magazine 1.1 - 7 (May - November 1919): 21-[26,] 83; 33-38, 88, 90, 92-94; 33-39, 90-92; 33-39, 80, 82-83; [September - October not seen;] 39-44, 81-82, 84-85, 97-92.
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DLC
Author Note

(1884-1957)
Full Text

1919 Hastings, Milo [Milton] (1884-1957). City of Endless Night. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1920. Rpt. with an introduction “Milo Hastings: Prophet of Totalitarianism” by Sam Moskowitz (unpaged). Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1974. Originally published as “Children of ‘Kultur’.” True Story Magazine (New York) 1.1 - 7 (May - November 1919): 21-[26], 83; 33-38, 88, 90, 92-94; 33-39, 90-92; 33-39, 80, 82-83; [September - October not seen]; 39-44, 81-82, 84-85, 97-92. DLC, PSt

Dystopia. A remarkably accurate picture of a future fascist society in Berlin. The society is completely authoritarian, completely racist, and completely sexist. There is a tremendous emphasis on eugenics with marriages arranged by the state. Berlin is completely underground, and there is a constant war with free democracies outside. One emphasis in the work is the status of women, who are primarily used for breeding. In the end Berlin is defeated.