/lit/ - Literature

Since it is the 28th now and I do not see any thread for discussion of this short novel, I decided to start a thread myself.

So, what are your opinions on this one? Personally I thought it to be a tad bit too idealistic for my taste, especially the part where they started world government by sitting on a mountaintop and discussing. Of course, the prediction of atomic bombs was something of great interest, like most of Wells' prohphetic visions of the future, which are always a bit off, but what can you expect from an author who isn't also a wizard? There is only a certain limit to prescience and speculation.

Today is the 25th, meaning the 27th is in two days, meaning that this is the last thread before we get to see if anyone except me actually participated. In the next thread we discuss this story and pick the next one!

Posting!

Posting.

Ok, here goes nothing.

E-book: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1059
Audio: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8968

I picked this story based on its length (140 pages), because it's easy to get for free and because how bad can it possibly be? Next time around we'll go full democracy and most likely read some cat girl porn.

The deadline is based on the amount of pages, I feel like 50 pages/week is a reasonable amount that won't really intrude on whatever you people do on an average day.