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A Modern Utopia is a 1905 novel by H. G. Wells.Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure A Modern Utopia has been called "not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia."Michael Sherborne, H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life Read More..

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Description	A Modern Utopia is a 1905 novel by H. G. Wells.Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure A Modern Utopia has been called "not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia."Michael Sherborne, H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life (Peter Owen, 2010), p. 165. The novel is best known for its notion that a voluntary order of nobility known as the Samurai could effectively rule a "kinetic and not static" world stateH.G. Wells, A Modern Utopia, ed. Mark R. Hillegas (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1967), p. 75. Wells first introduces the term "World State" three pages earlier, in §1 of Ch. 3. The notion of a samurai order was suggested to him by Nitobe Inazo's Bushido (1900). Michael Sherborne, H.G. Wells: Another Sort of Life (Peter Owen, 2010), p. 165. so as to solve "the problem of combining progress with political stability."H.G. Wells, A Modern Utopia, ed. Mark R. Hillegas (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1967), p. 271 (Ch. 9, §3).
Description	A Modern Utopia is a 1905 novel by H. G. Wells.Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure A Modern Utopia has been called "not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia."Michael Sherborne, H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life (Peter Owen, 2010), p. 165. The novel is best known for its notion that a voluntary order of nobility known as the Samurai could effectively rule a "kinetic and not static" world stateH.G. Wells, A Modern Utopia, ed. Mark R. Hillegas (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1967), p. 75. Wells first introduces the term "World State" three pages earlier, in §1 of Ch. 3. The notion of a samurai order was suggested to him by Nitobe Inazo's Bushido (1900). Michael Sherborne, H.G. Wells: Another Sort of Life (Peter Owen, 2010), p. 165. so as to solve "the problem of combining progress with political stability."H.G. Wells, A Modern Utopia, ed. Mark R. Hillegas (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1967), p. 271 (Ch. 9, §3).

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Name	A Modern Utopia
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Authors	H. G. Wells
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Genre	Novel
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Language	English
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Country	England
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Pages	393
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Media_type	Print
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Publisher	Chapman and Hall
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Pub_date	April 1905 (serialized in the Fortnightly Review, October 1904-April 1905)
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Release_date	April 1905 (serialized in the Fortnightly Review, October 1904-April 1905)
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