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This book was recommended to me (Reply to this comment)
by jenscookie
by my college economics professor. I recently re-read it. I think Urras is more like earth if it basically stayed in the 17th century from a social perspective, and then went high tech.
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Jan 09 '06
7:24 am PST
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Loved this book.... (Reply to this comment)
by theeye
and I remember a friend of mine, a university professor (comparative religion), telling me that he suggested this book for the university's summer reading list. It was included in the list -- to the annoyance of many of the English Department faculty who thought it was too lightweight.
Ha! Just because it's sci-fi doesn't mean it's not literature.
Nice review.
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Aug 01 '01
1:51 pm PDT
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Re: utopia (Reply to this comment)
by snpmurray
what an excellent quote...thanks, for that, Id often thought that any system of government would work, its the people that were in that system that were the problem, I will keep that quote.
And anyway, for me, Utopia would definitly have to feature some vineyards!
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Jul 30 '01
1:51 pm PDT
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utopia (Reply to this comment)
by benho
I love other worlds as well, but mostly when they offer a reflection of ours.
When authors stray too far into utopian notions that don't exist here, they tend to get the economics all wrong, and annoy me heavily. But, I tend to be fairly open minded, and recognize the truth in the old parable by one of our founding fathers: (madison i think it was)
if men were angels, we wouldn't need government,
if our leaders were angels, we wouldn't need to worry about govenrment
but our men and our leaders are neither, and therefore, we must be eternally vigilant.
such socieities could exist if men were angels, but that will never be.
-- Ben
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Jul 30 '01
1:06 pm PDT
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:-) (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
I love The Prophet and this sounds fascinating, too. Well-done.
Jan
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Jul 29 '01
9:49 am PDT
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