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You are a sociology student studying one Jack Randell in 2 alternative histories. In one history Jack is a school teacher in a society very different from our own. In the other there is no society left.
- Added on: Jan 3rd, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: TP Alexander
- Listed in: Environmental Activism Books
- Tags: education global warming science fiction economics future peak oil
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Dystopia 17: The Spy
“Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.” Jane AustenDystopia 17: The SpyLiquor burned Jack's throat and warmed his gut but did not take the sting out of his heart. Today was the day he had dreaded since he had left Jagua...
Utopia 17: When the Red Wind Blows
"Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."J. Robert Oppenheimer quoting the Bhagavad Gita as he watched his creation, the first atomic bomb, successfully detonate.Actual quote from the Bhagavad Gita: sri-bhagavan uvaca:kalo 'smi loka-ksaya-k...
Utopia 16: Student Driver
An optimist isn't necessarily a blithe, slightly sappy whistler in the dark of our time. To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also o...
Dystopia 16: A Place of Her Own
The World Turned Upside Down (One version of the Digger's Song) In 1649 to St. George's Hill A ragged band they called the DiggersCame to show the people's will.They defied the landlord, they defied the laws,They were the dispossessed reclaiming wh...
Dystopia 15: Surprise
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!ANATOLE FRANCEDystopia 15: SurpriseJack squatted next to the lamp flame heatin...
Utopia 15: The Pilgrimage
The man of science, the naturalist, too often loses sight of the essential oneness of all living beings in seeking to classify them in kingdoms, orders, families, genera, species, etc., taking note of the kind and arrangement of limbs, teeth, toes, s...
