A MODERN UTOPIA

A MODERN UTOPIA is a book of social commentary and science fiction and by English writer, H. G. Wells, first serialized in the FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW in 1904 and 1905. The first book publication was by CHAPMAN AND HALL in 1905. The book is as much a philosophical discourse as a novel, addressing the issues of racism, gender equality, socialism, vegetarianism, and the ethical treatment of animals among other issues. The premise of the novel is that there is a planet (for "No less than a planet will serve the purpose of a modern Utopia") exactly like Earth, with the same geography and biology. Moreover, on that planet "all the men and women on our Earth exist "in duplicate." They have, however, "different habits, different traditions, different knowledge, different ideas, different clothing, and different appliances." (Not however, a different language: "Indeed, should we be in Utopia at all, if we could not talk to everyone?").