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OUT NOW: UTOPIA by Thomas More with Ursula K. Le Guin and China Mieville “We can’t do without this book. We are all and have always been Thomas More’s children.” – China Mieville https://www.versobooks.com/books/2250-utopia --------------- Five-hundred-year anniversary edition of More’s Utopia, with writing from major science fiction writers Five hundred years since its first publication, Thomas More’s Utopia remains astonishingly radical and provocative. More imagines an island nation where thousands live in peace and harmony, men and women are both educated, and property is communal. In a text hovering between fantasy, satire, blueprint and game, More explores the theories and realities behind war, political conflicts, social tensions and redistribution, and imagines the day-to-day lives of a citizenry living free from fear, oppression, violence and suffering. But there has always been a shadow at the heart of Utopia. If this is a depiction of the perfect state, why, as well as wonder, does it provoke a growing unease? In this quincentenary edition, published in conjunction with Somerset House, More’s text is introduced by multi-award-winning author China Mieville and accompanied by four essays from Ursula K. Le Guin, today’s most distinguished utopian writer and thinker. --------------- LONDON EVENT: January 12, 2017 Screening Room, South Wing, Somerset House Imagining the Perfect World: Utopias in Cities and Fiction To celebrate the quincentenary edition of More's Utopia, published by Verso and Somerset House, Matt Beaumont and Gillian Darley explore how Utopia continues to inspire, and how utopia informs our visions of urban space and fictive possibilities. --------------- “We can’t do without this book. We are all and have always been Thomas More’s children.” – China Mieville “I am offered the Grand Inquisitor’s choice. Will you choose freedom without happiness, or happiness without freedom? The only answer one can make, I think, is: No.” – Ursula K. Le Guin --------------- PAPERBACK: October 2016 / 224 PAGES / ISBN 9781784787608 / $14.95 / £8.99 / $19.50 (CAN) AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK https://www.versobooks.com/books/2250-utopia For more information on university inspection/desk copies visit: http://www.versobooks.com/pg/desk-copies --------------- Visit Verso's website for information on our upcoming events, new reviews and publications and special offers: http://www.versobooks.com Sign up for the Verso mailing list: https://www.versobooks.com/users/sign_up Follow us online: Facebook https://facebook.com/VersoBks Twitter: http://twitter.com/VersoBooks Instagram: http://instagram.com/versobooks Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/18970808-verso-books -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------