The Scarlet Empire

The Scarlet Empire
Author: David Maclean Parry
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2001
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780809323418

Successful businessman David M. Parry wrote The Scarlet Empire in 1906, a time when dystopian and utopian novels were sufficiently popular in the United States and Great Britain that dozens were published in each country. Utopian fiction described perfect societies, usually socialistic and communitarian. Dystopian novels depicted degenerate societies, often occurring from the same approaches. In their introduction to this reprint, historians Jerome M. Clubb and Howard W. Allen argue that Parry's novel and others like it display the opinions, feelings, and reactions of different sects of society at the turn of the century. Rapid changes in the United States caused mixed emotions about the future of the country. Many novels like The Scarlet Empire were used to criticize current measures, investigate proposed reform, and show these proposals in either a negative or a positive light. One of the most popular utopian novels of the time, Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward, was written with the intention of promoting the reconciliation of equality and liberty. Bellamy's novel advocated a socialist government, a perfect utopian society with equality for men, women, and children, consolidated businesses, and strict government control. Clubb and Allen observe that these changes directly reflect reforms that were being proposed by the younger generation at the turn of the century. The Scarlet Empire is said to be a direct response to Looking Backward. Itis intended as a supplemental text in American history, American studies, and popular culture courses. Eight original illustrations by Hermann C. Wall enhance the text.

The Sunken World

The Sunken World
Author: Stanton A. Coblentz
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2008-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1434463060

Stanton Arthur Coblentz (1896-1982) was an American author and poet. His first published science fiction was "The Sunken World," a satire about Atlantis, in 1928.

Scarlet Traces

Scarlet Traces
Author: Ian Edginton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN: 9781593077174

After almost four decades of conflict, the British invasion of Mars is at a stalemate, Prime Minister Spry struggles to maintain order at home by revoking liberties, and gentleman adventurer Robert Autumn seeks to discover the Prime Minister's ultimate objective.