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Tower of Iron Will
Tower of Iron Will rated it 12 years ago
R. A. Lafferty wrote a science fiction novel called Past Master in which the leaders of a planet in the far future bring Thomas More forward in time to fix their failed utopia. One of Lafferty's points was that these future leaders never understood that More's Utopia is a satire. The truth is eve...
~Mairéad's Reading List~
~Mairéad's Reading List~ rated it 12 years ago
3 Stars.Very interesting if you are developing civilization in your stories me thinks. Still a lot to take in at once. May have to reread it to absorb it better. I dunno. Quick read though.***Read For School***
Lived One Thousand Lives
Lived One Thousand Lives rated it 12 years ago
Overall: I enjoyed Book 2. However, Book 1 was very dense and dry along with the introduction. The ideas in Book 2, though were very interesting. I loved the use of the author as a foil in the plot, and as a way to keep the story going. I love that the author uses sarcasm and contradiction to prove ...
Edward
Edward rated it 13 years ago
ChronologyIntroductionFurther ReadingNote on the Text and Translation--UtopiaAppendixGlossaryNotes
Edward
Edward rated it 13 years ago
ChronologyIntroductionFurther ReadingNote on the Text and Translation--UtopiaAppendixGlossaryNotes
In laywoman's terms
In laywoman's terms rated it 13 years ago
Rereading this book was interesting. I liked it way more this second time around, yet I'm still no fan of romance stories. Very short and simple. Predictable yet still charming.
The Library of Babel
The Library of Babel rated it 14 years ago
It reminded me those days in which I fought to reach the end of "The Prince" by Machiavelli. But I was 14 years old at that time and felt somehow justified in not being able to stand the 16th century language and prose. "Utopia" is, in fact, coeval with "The Prince" and turned out to be a really ob...
Domaris' Dreamings
Domaris' Dreamings rated it 17 years ago
I think this is one of those things that is more enjoyable in the original language...while the book wasn't painful to read I wasn't that engaged with it, and probably won't pick it up again.
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