{"product_id":"erewhon-9781645660477","title":"Erewhon","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Erewhon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645660477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Samuel Butler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44637684433077,"sku":"9781645660477","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c2aaf9a0-a1b2-4e73-9383-d61c525d022b.jpg?v=1726582408","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/erewhon-9781645660477","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}