Three Hundred Years Hence; or, A Voice from Posterity

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1881
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Racist, socialist, sexist, technologically advanced society presented as a eutopia. Huge population growth. The oriental and Negro races have been exterminated. People live in and on the seas and in the air. Women have symbolic power but no actual power, and are described as mentally inferior.

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1881

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Newman and Co
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London
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1881 Hay, William Delisle (b. 1853). Three Hundred Years Hence; or, A Voice from Posterity. London: Newman and Co. Rpt. in British Future Fiction. Ed. I.F. Clarke. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2001), 2: 7-370, with a brief note by the editor (1-5). L, LLL

Racist, socialist, sexist, technologically advanced society presented as a eutopia. Huge population growth. The oriental and Negro races have been exterminated. People live in and on the seas and in the air. Women have symbolic power but no actual power, and are described as mentally inferior. The author was born in Ireland and is a self-described New Zealander who lived mostly in Britain.

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Rpt. in British Future Fiction. Ed. I.F. Clarke. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2001), 2: 7-370, with a brief note by the editor (1-5).

Author Note

The author (1853-?) was born in Ireland and is a self-described New Zealander who lived mostly in Britain.

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