Sometime
| Title | Sometime |
| Year for Search | 1933 |
| Authors | Herrick, Robert [Welch](1868-1938) |
| Pagination | 338 pp. |
| Date Published | 1933 |
| Publisher | Farrar & Rinehart |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Detailed eutopia set mostly in Africa after a new Ice Age with strong anti-capitalist and anti-colonial themes. The novel is framed by two issues: very restrictive eugenic legislation and the re-opening of North America. The eutopia described in Africa has a much lower population, in part because a couple must have a multi-generational positive eugenic record. Technology. Labor army. Abundance with all food, clothing, housing free. Few personal possessions. In the next to the last chapter, the explorers of the Americas discover flourishing native communities that have recreated their traditional cultures among the “Esquimaux” in the north, the Pueblos in the southwest, and the Aztec and Mayan civilizations in Central America. In the final chapter, the protagonist reflects on how the African eutopia should respond to the discoveries made in the Americas. |
| Holding Institutions | DLC |
| Author Note | The author (1868-1938) was a professor of literature at the University of Chicago from 1905 to 1923 and his papers are held there. |
| Full Text | 1933 Herrick, Robert [Welch] (1868-1938). Sometime. Detailed eutopia set mostly in Africa after a new Ice Age with strong anti-capitalist and anti-colonial themes. The novel is framed by two issues: very restrictive eugenic legislation and the re-opening of North America. The eutopia described in Africa has a much lower population, in part because a couple must have a multi-generational positive eugenic record. Technology. Labor army. Abundance with all food, clothing, housing free. Few personal possessions. In the next to the last chapter, the explorers of the Americas discover flourishing native communities that have recreated their traditional cultures among the “Esquimaux” in the north, the Pueblos in the southwest, and the Aztec and Mayan civilizations in Central America. In the final chapter, the protagonist reflects on how the African eutopia should respond to the discoveries made in the Americas. The author was a professor of literature at the University of Chicago from 1905 |
