The Light of Mars: An Extraordinary Communication
| Title | The Light of Mars: An Extraordinary Communication |
| Year for Search | 1907 |
| Authors | Ford, Will[iam] |
| Tertiary Authors | Ford, Will |
| Date Published | 1907 |
| Publisher | Ptd. for the Proprietor by the Co-operative Printing Works |
| Place Published | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Keywords | Australian author, Male author |
| Annotation | A conversation with a man from Mars, who lectures the man from Earth on the failings of Earth and describes a eutopian Mars. Earth is primarily faulted for its religious superstitions, its class system, and the way it chooses its leaders. Mars stresses reason/knowledge, has no money and no competition, is egalitarian (including economic, gender, and racial equality), is spiritually advanced and can communicate with the dead, and has evolved past war. Politically it is described as scientific anarchism and has evolved past socialism, although socialism is described as better than the Earth's competitive capitalism. |
| Title Note | Cover adds The Dawn of a New Civilization in Harmony With the Seven Laws of Nature. |
| Holding Institutions | M |
| Author Note | Australian author. |
| Full Text | 1907 Ford, Will[iam]. The Light of Mars: An Extraordinary Communication [Cover adds The Dawn of a New Civilization in Harmony With the Seven Laws of Nature]. A conversation with a man from Mars, who lectures the man from Earth on the failings of Earth and describes a eutopian Mars. Earth is primarily faulted for its religious superstitions, its class system, and the way it chooses its leaders. Mars stresses reason/knowledge, has no money and no competition, is egalitarian (including economic, gender, and racial equality), is spiritually advanced and can communicate with the dead, and has evolved past war. Politically it is described as scientific anarchism and has evolved past socialism, although socialism is described as better than the Earth’s competitive capitalism. |
