utopias

When a plane lands under mysterious circumstances, four people find themselves involuntary guests in a place unknown and inaccessible to the world.

Presents three annotated works of utopian science fiction--"The Roads Must Roll," "Herland," and "The Republic of the Southern Cross"--and a section of related articles with discussion questions.

"Sixteen-year-old Morgan Stockhour lives in Internment, a floating city utopia. But when a murder occurs, everything she knows starts to unravel."--Provided by publisher.

Noah and Sadie begin to realize they are trapped in the war and don't know how to get out, and the biots that have infested the president begin to really take hold and lead to some astonishing consequences.

A brave pet shop mouse named Hopper attempts to rebuild a fallen empire in the underground rat civilization of Atlantia, located in the subway tunnels of Brooklyn, while Queen Felina and her band of street cats declare open season on the rodents.

"In the concluding book in the BZRK trilogy, war is again being waged in the macro and the nano, and Lear's identity is finally uncovered"--Provided by publisher.

There is a land where illness, ugliness and bad luck are punishable crimes, whereas thieves and murderers receive compassionate medical attention; where boys are taught the impractical in a College of Unreason; where unusable wealth is stored in Musical Banks, and perhaps the most unfortunate of all - the tedious - are sent to a hospital for incurable bores. The land is Erewhon, an anagram of nowhere and the scene of a remarkable sattire by Samuel Butler.

Plato examines the nature of justice and other topics such as imitative poetry in this philosophical work depicting a dialogue between Socrates--representing Plato--and several other thinkers.

Plato examines the nature of justice and other topics such as imitative poetry in this philosophical work depicting a dialogue between Socrates--representing Plato--and several other thinkers. Includes an introduction by translator Desmond Lee, explanatory notes, and a selected bibliography.