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Highlights
- A novel both timely and prophetic, Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia is a hopeful antidote to the environmental concerns of today, set in an ecologically sound future society.
- About the Author: Ernest Callenbach is also the author of Ecotopia Emerging, The Ecotopian Encyclopedia, and Publisher's Lunch.
- 192 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Science Fiction
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About the Book
Here is a new, updated edition of the classic environmental novel, offering a vision of a future both socially and environmentally sane. It has given its name to a region of the country and to the dream of countless readers.Book Synopsis
A novel both timely and prophetic, Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia is a hopeful antidote to the environmental concerns of today, set in an ecologically sound future society. Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as the "newest name after Wells, Verne, Huxley, and Orwell," Callenbach offers a visionary blueprint for the survival of our planet . . . and our future. Ecotopia was founded when northern California, Oregon, and Washington seceded from the Union to create a "stable-state" ecosystem: the perfect balance between human beings and the environment. Now, twenty years later, this isolated, mysterious nation is welcoming its first officially sanctioned American visitor: New York Times-Post reporter Will Weston. Skeptical yet curious about this green new world, Weston is determined to report his findings objectively. But from the start, he's alternately impressed and unsettled by the laws governing Ecotopia's earth-friendly agenda: energy-efficient "mini-cities" to eliminate urban sprawl, zero-tolerance pollution control, tree worship, ritual war games, and a woman-dominated government that has instituted such peaceful revolutions as the twenty-hour workweek and employee ownership of farms and businesses. His old beliefs challenged, his cynicism replaced by hope, Weston meets a sexually forthright Ecotopian woman and undertakes a relationship whose intensity will lead him to a critical choice between two worlds.Review Quotes
"A classic of earth consciousness." --Denis Hayes, original coordinator of Earth Day "Essential reading for all who care about the earth's future."--Fritjof Capra, author of The Tao of Physics and The Turning Point "None of the happy conditions in Ecotopia are beyond the technical or resource reach of our society."--Ralph Nader
About the Author
Ernest Callenbach is also the author of Ecotopia Emerging, The Ecotopian Encyclopedia, and Publisher's Lunch. He is the co-author of The Art of Friendship and Humphrey the Wayward Whale (with Christine Leefeldt) and of A Citizen Legislature (with Michael Phillips). He edits natural history books and the journal Film Quarterly at the University of California Press, and lectures on environmental topics all over the world.Dimensions (Overall): 8.18 Inches (H) x 5.48 Inches (W) x .53 Inches (D)
Weight: .37 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Science Fiction
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 192
Publisher: Bantam
Theme: Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
Format: Paperback
Author: Ernest Callenbach
Language: English
Street Date: March 1, 1990
TCIN: 85123631
UPC: 9780553348477
Item Number (DPCI): 247-54-5181
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.37 pounds
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