{"product_id":"erewhon","title":"Erewhon","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eErewhon\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSamuel Butler\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781645660477\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eErewhon Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eAnniversary\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Takes] imagination of a very high order to see that machinery could be dangerous as well as useful.\" --George Orwell, celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA utopian classic with a rich legacy-influencing authors from Huxley to Herbert and beyond-Erewhon satirizes Victorian society with biting insight still relevant today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Higgs, a young traveler, stumbles upon the beautiful land of Erewhon, he soon discovers that its seemingly ideal culture is founded upon bizarre, unsettling beliefs. Crime is a sickness, while sickness is a crime; the greatest scholarly achievement is unreason, and all machines have been eliminated for fear of artificial intelligence. In a society that suppresses originality, the traveler and his values are a threat. Torn between escape and Arowhena, the woman he has grown to love, Higgs must contend with Erewhon's strange ways-and with the challenges they pose to his own beliefs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngaging with the work of Charles Darwin and inspired by the author's time in colonial New Zealand, \u003ci\u003eErewhon\u003c\/i\u003e is a bright, irreverent, and enduring text about technology, religion, crime, and institutional rigidity. This new edition of the 1872 classic arrives in honor of its 150th anniversary, featuring a brilliant introduction contextualizing the book from one of New Zealand's great academic thinkers in science fiction, Dr. Octavia Cade.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Erewhon Books","offers":[{"title":"Erewhon | Samuel Butler | Paperback | 9781645660477 | New | Fiction 1314051","offer_id":50557782163714,"sku":"1314051","price":33.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91EkfBpUmRL.jpg?v=1790640493","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/erewhon","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}