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Alternative Futures

A Booklist of Fiction and Non-fiction: utopias, dystopias, apocalyptic, visionary and practical, to Celebrate our 36th Birthday(!) on Mayday 2010, and help us envision the world(s) we want. (browse related categories Politics & Philosophy Changing the World )

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Fahrenheit 451 - by Ray Bradbury - £8.99

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. ... more

Little Brother - by Cory Doctorow - £9.99

The ultimate tale of teen rebellion... Marcus is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works - and how to work the system. Smart, fast and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitti ... more

Utopia - by Thomas More - £4.99

In Utopia Thomas More painted a fantastical picture of a distant island where society is perfected and people live in harmony, yet its title means 'no place', and More's hugely influential work was ultimately an attack on his own corrupt, dangerous t ... more

Visions of the City: Utopianism, Power & Politics in 20th Century Urbanism - by D A Pinder - £32.00

Visions of the City is a dramatic account of utopian urbanism in the twentieth century. It explores radical demands for new spaces and ways of living, and considers their effects on planning, architecture and struggles to shape urban landscapes. Such ... more

The Rapture - by Liz Jensen - £7.99

An environmental disaster movie of a thriller, from the celebrated author of The Ninth Life of Louis Drax. In a merciless summer of biblical heat and destructive winds, Gabrielle Fox�s main concern is a personal one: to rebuild her career as ... more

How Shall I Live My Life? On Liberating the Earth from Civilization - by Derrick Jensen - £17.99

In this collection of interviews, Derrick Jensen discusses the destructive dominant culture with ten people who have devoted their lives to undermining it. Whether it is Carolyn Raffensperger and her radical approach to public health, or Thomas Berry ... more

The Dispossessed - by Ursula Le Guin - £8.99

Shevek is a brilliant physicist from the austerely isolationist and anarchic planet Anarres working on the Principle of Simultaneity which could revolutionize interstellar civilization by making instantaneous communication possible. But Shevek' ... more

Local Money: How to Make it Happen in Your Community - by Peter North - £14.95

An inspiring yet practical new book, Local Money helps you understand what money is and what makes good and bad money. It draws on the considerable track record of experimentation with local money, like the Totnes pound, around the world and gives id ... more

Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century - by Chris Spannos (ed) - £14.00

What if we had direct control over our daily lives? What if society's defining institutions - those encompassing economics, politics, kinship, culture, community, and ecology - were based not on competition, individual ownership, and coercion, but on ... more

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