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The Question Mark

(1926)
A novel by

 
 
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DR MO MOULTON

In 1925 Muriel Jaeger, dissatisfied with the unrealistic utopian stories of H G Wells and Edward Bellamy, set out to explore 'The Question Mark' of what a future society might look like if human nature were truthfully represented.

Her hero, disgruntled office worker Guy, is pitched 200 years into a future London where each citizen is offered free education and a personal 'power-box' granting access to communication, transportation and entertainment. To Guy, the great challenges facing society seem solved, but its in-habitants tell a different story of fractured life in this supposed utopia.

Preceding the publication of Huxley's Brave New World by 5 years, The Question Mark is a significant cornerstone in the foundation of the dystopia genre, and an impressive work of literary science fiction.


Genre: Science Fiction

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