Utopia, Inc. [Dust jacket adds The Story of a Modern Atlantis]

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1940
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Capitalist, scientific eutopia. Stress on battle with Communism. A capitalist purchases the Bermuda Islands to establish a research center to give free reign to scientists. The scientists “shall have sole control of what they discover for the world’s advancement” (23). Obviously, things don’t initially work out as planned. Scientists bring their wives and mistresses.

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1940

Publisher
Fortuny's
Place Published
New York
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1940 Gieske, Herman Everett (1891-1954). Utopia, Inc. [Dust jacket adds The Story of a Modern Atlantis]. New York: Fortuny’s. 223 pp. The dust jacket says that it had originally been serialized. DLC, MoU-St, NcD, PSt

Capitalist, scientific eutopia. Stress on battle with Communism. A capitalist purchases the Bermuda Islands to establish a research center to give free reign to scientists. The scientists “shall have sole control of what they discover for the world’s advancement” (23). Scientists bring their wives and mistresses. Obviously, things don’t initially work out as planned. The author was a journalist working on the New Orleans Item, the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, and the New York American. 

Info Notes

The dust jacket says that it had originally been serialized. 

Title Note

[Dust jacket adds The Story of a Modern Atlantis]

Author Note

The author (1891-1954) was a journalist working on the New Orleans Item, the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, and the New York American. 

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