A narrator and a botanist companion step from the Swiss Alps onto another planet identical to our own except in its arrangements: a single world state, free movement, a ruling order of volunteers called the samurai, and new rules for work, money and marriage. Wells argues with himself and his readers as they go, framing the essay as a story.
An influential piece of Edwardian social thought, though some of its ideas about who should have children reflect the eugenics of 1905. Download the free EPUB.