Erewhon
by Samuel Butler
337 pages~6 hrs
“Discover the hidden kingdom where paradise is a paradox and the machines are waking up.”
In the hidden land of Erewhon, being sick is a punishable felony while criminals are treated with bedside care in hospitals. This biting Victorian satire presents a world of inverted logic and offers a startlingly prophetic vision of machines evolving to enslave humanity.
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