{"product_id":"erewhon-paperback-3","title":"Erewhon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamuel Butler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOctavia Cade\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Takes] imagination of a very high order to see that machinery could be dangerous as well as useful.\" --George Orwell, celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA utopian classic with a rich legacy-influencing authors from Huxley to Herbert and beyond-Erewhon satirizes Victorian society with biting insight still relevant today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Higgs, a young traveler, stumbles upon the beautiful land of Erewhon, he soon discovers that its seemingly ideal culture is founded upon bizarre, unsettling beliefs. Crime is a sickness, while sickness is a crime; the greatest scholarly achievement is unreason, and all machines have been eliminated for fear of artificial intelligence. In a society that suppresses originality, the traveler and his values are a threat. Torn between escape and Arowhena, the woman he has grown to love, Higgs must contend with Erewhon's strange ways-and with the challenges they pose to his own beliefs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngaging with the work of Charles Darwin and inspired by the author's time in colonial New Zealand, \u003ci\u003eErewhon\u003c\/i\u003e is a bright, irreverent, and enduring text about technology, religion, crime, and institutional rigidity. This new edition of the 1872 classic arrives in honor of its 150th anniversary, featuring a brilliant introduction contextualizing the book from one of New Zealand's great academic thinkers in science fiction, Dr. Octavia Cade.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Butler\u003c\/b\u003e was an iconoclastic Victorian author who published a variety of works, including the Utopian satire \u003ci\u003eErewhon\u003c\/i\u003e and the posthumous novel \u003ci\u003eThe Way of All Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e, his two best-known works. Butler also made prose translations of \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e which remain in use to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460461314226,"sku":"9781645660477","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b7704c5ff23e0bc5f6f6a649362c7a98.webp?v=1778921578","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/erewhon-paperback-3","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}