The Question Mark (British Library Science Fiction Classics)

Muriel Jaeger

ISBN 10: 0712352988 / ISBN 13: 9780712352987

Published by British Library Publishing, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Question Mark (British Library Science Fiction Classics)
• Publisher: British Library Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712352988
• ISBN 13: 9780712352987
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

A forgotten voice of science fiction returns to print

In 1926 Muriel Jaeger, dissatisfied with the Utopian visions of H G Wells and Edward Bellamy, set out to explore 'The Question Mark' of what a future society might look like if human nature were properly represented.

So, disgruntled London office worker Guy Martin is pitched 200 years into the future, where he encounters a seemingly ideal society in which each citizen has the luxury of every kind of freedom. But as Guy adjusts to the new world, the fractures of this supposed Utopia begin to show through, and it seems as if the inhabitants of this society might be just as susceptible to the promises of false messiahs as those of the twentieth century.

Preceding the publication of Huxley's Brave New World by 5 years, The Question Mark is a significant cornerstone in the foundation of the Dystopia genre, and an impressive and unjustly neglected work of literary science fiction. This edition brings the novel back into print for the first time since its original publication.