https://blog.georgefabish.com/tags/satirical_novel/ Recent content in Satirical_novel on George's Blog Hugo en-US Mon, 02 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/utopia/ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:25:16 -0500 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/utopia/ <p>Another short book that has been on my list for a while. Utopia was published in 1516 and while preceded by several utopian style books before it (most notably Plato&rsquo;s Republic) it was one of the earliest utopian novels created after the printing press had been invented (1436). Partly serious, partly satirical it seems to be a pretty gutsy book to have been written when it was considering the Spanish Inquisition started in 1478. This book describes a fictional island called &ldquo;Utopia&rdquo;. The island had the following interesting attributes:</p>