Utopia

Five-hundred-year anniversary edition of More s Utopia with writing from major science fiction writers Five hundred years since its first publication Thomas More s Utopia remains astonishingly radical and provocative. More imagines an island nation where thousands live in peace and harmony men and women are both educated and property is communal. In a text hovering between fantasy satire blueprint and game More explores the theories and realities behind war political conflicts social tensions and redistribution and imagines the day-to-day lives of a citizenry living free from fear oppression violence and suffering. But there has always been a shadow at the heart of Utopia. If this is a depiction of the perfect state why as well as wonder does it provoke a growing unease? In this quincentenary edition published in conjunction with Somerset House More s text is introduced by multi-award-winning author China Mieville and accompanied by four essays from Ursula K. Le Guin today s most distinguished utopian writer and thinker..