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Published September 13th first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Erewhon , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Erewhon Erewhon , 1. Mar 24, Manny rated it liked it Shelves: well-i-think-its-funny , linguistics-and-philosophy. I wonder if Margaret Atwood was thinking of Erewhon. Members of Erewhonian society are all obliged to sign a document at birth admitting that they have chosen to be born of their own free will, and obliging them to indemnify their parents for any trouble it may cause them. Other appealing ideas are the inverted treatment of crime and physical illness: if you embezzle money, you're given medical treatmen "I never asked to be born" says a character in The Blind Assassin , and is promptly corrected. Other appealing ideas are the inverted treatment of crime and physical illness: if you embezzle money, you're given medical treatment, but anyone foolish enough to contract pneumonia is sent to jail. It's still a fun read! View all 15 comments. Erewhon as a novel has a fairly thin but still interesting plot line in an intriguing environment. Unfortunately, meshing the two of these together makes for a difficult book to swallow at times. I enjoyed the thought provoking elements of the satire that Butler presents. He turns the world upside down in order to have us explore just how "civilized" we truly are. He maintains the same basic structure However, he turns all of these "normal" conventions on their heads to get us to think not about the conventions themselves, but about the way we approach them. For example, instead of being punished for what we crimes theft, murder, etc. And conversely, if a person finds himself in the throes of robbery or some other 'crime', he is instead consoled and properly treated for the recovery of this behavior and looked on with sympathy from friends and family. In this satirical move, Butler asks us to examine our treatment of criminals. The Erewhonians provide rehabilitation for liars, thieves and murderers while simply shutting away those who commit "crimes" of physical illness. While we profess to offer rehabilitation for our criminals, what good does it do to stick them in an 8x8 box for years and then throw them out on the street with a black mark on their "permanent record? As to illness, the Erewhonian treatment of illness is definitely ludicrous, but to a small degree it has logic in that it quarantines the truly ill and it also cuts down on people feigning illness or complaining over small headaches. In Erewhon, there is truly very little illness and no 'calling in sick', or making an excuse of "I've got a headache. His lengthiest satirical discourse is with regards to the idea of consciousness. He takes it to the absurd at least for his day by suggesting a world in which machines would become self-aware and potentially overthrow mankind as the dominant race a la Terminator or others. While the discussion on consciousness has some holes, it's also intriguing, especially when looking at the advancements of the last hundred years. He makes some good arguments and it's interesting to transition those arguments into the natural world and look at the advancements of mankind as a race or of other animals out there. The rise of consciousness or self-awareness is a very interesting topic. I'd be interested to read more of his thoughts since in the book he basically opens the can of worms and sets it on a shelf. So in terms of the satire, Butler brings forth some interesting ideas. In terms of the plot, it's a fairly basic adventure novel of the nineteenth century The first pages contain standard Victorian descriptions of the landscapes and the travels. While poetic and pretty, they did drag on and I wanted to skip beyond them. As our narrator finally gets closer to Erewhon, his travels actually have some drama unfold. Once he finally arrives at the city, he's initially thrown into prison and has some moderate adventure. The "adventures" he has in the country of Erewhon are very lightweight in terms of adventure. The level of excitement is pretty bland since it is often broken up by dozens of pages of satirical essay exploring strange elements of Erewhonian culture. Again, this is moderately typical of 19th century literature, but I was hoping for a bit more in terms of action within Erewhon itself. All in all, this was an interesting and thought provoking book View 2 comments. As an adventure narrative, Erewhon is a squib of the damp kind. As a satirical dystopia mocking the hypocrises of Victorian England, Erewhon is a squib of the damp kind. As a slice of narrative entertainment, Erewhon is a squib of the damp kind. As an exploration of a la mode science, encompassing automation, vegetarianism, education, breeding, and the criminal system, Erewhon is a squib of the damp kind. All round, in conclusion, you have to say, my fine haters and lovers, that Erewhon is a damp As an adventure narrative, Erewhon is a squib of the damp kind. All round, in conclusion, you have to say, my fine haters and lovers, that Erewhon is a damp squib, and even more boring than H. Now that is an achievement. View 1 comment. May 31, Douglas Summers-Stay rated it it was amazing Shelves: science-fiction , classic. I admit I skimmed over a lot of this book. It's a satire about Victorian society and frankly I'm too far removed from a lot of the issues to get much out of his turning them upside down. But the three chapters on machines-- Wow! When I read Dune in the 80s the idea of the "Butlerian Jihad" struck me as a particularly unusual new idea. I never would have believed that the plot of these chapters-- machines evolving through natural and artificial selection into a kind of artificial life, reproducin I admit I skimmed over a lot of this book. I never would have believed that the plot of these chapters-- machines evolving through natural and artificial selection into a kind of artificial life, reproducing with the aid of humans like flowers reproduce with the aid of bees, evolving into cyborgs and an alien intelligence far beyond our own but as incomprehensible to us as the thoughts of animals are to plants, and finally being destroyed by humans in order to preserve a place for themselves in the universe-- could have been conceived before , let alone ! Butler already understood that heredity was a form of mechanical information transfer: he called it "unconscious memory. None of his contemporaries understood him; they thought he was making some kind of "ad absurdum" attack on Darwin. View all 3 comments. I read this with the Evolution of SF group. It's our proto-SF read this month Oct It's a very quick sketch with very little characterization, but a lot of philosophy that should have been interesting or funny, but left me cold until almost the end. I kept feeling as if there was a joke in there some I read this with the Evolution of SF group. I kept feeling as if there was a joke in there somewhere, but I was just too stupid to see it. Maybe I am. Perhaps it was just indifference to the subject matter Musical banks with currency that's worthless? Monty Python puts me to sleep. Whatever, I found it either boring or too ludicrous to care about it. I managed to finish it which I doubted I would at chapter All told, I guess it was worth reading for the ideas in presented. Some have been used since, so it is definitely a foundational novel for SF. For that, I'm really tempted to give it 3 stars, but I didn't like it much, so it's only getting 2. This is not the correct edition. Those that weren't only did a chapter or two. Well worth listening to. I don't think I would have made it through the text. Shelves: victorians , dystopia , fiction. There are several reasons for this, the most important being the deeply annoying narrator. While he is almost certainly meant to be annoying, this fact in no way detracts from the overall annoyance. Seventy pages pass before he even gets to the mysterious lost civilisation of Erewhon, during which time the reader gets mighty tired of Victorian colonialist attitudes. Rapacious greed is complemented by ugly racism and patronising hypocrisy. Butler has no gift for plotting or characterisation, but some of his absurdist philosophisification is genuinely fascinating. And what consideration for the individual is tolerable unless society is the gainer thereby? Wherefore should a man be so richly rewarded for having been son to a millionaire, were it not clearly provable that the common welfare is thus better furthered? For property is robbery, but then, we are all robbers or would-be robbers together, and have found it essential our thieving, as we have found it necessary to organise our lust and our revenge. Conversely, here is an example of where I was more confident of parodic intent, yet Butler managed to prefigure current debates about mechanisation and AI in a manner that verges on uncanny: I would repeat that I fear none of the existing machines; what I fear is the extraordinary rapidity with which they are becoming something very different to what they are at present. No class of beings have in any time past made so rapid a movement forward. Should not that movement be jealously watched, and checked while we still can check it? There is some interesting philosophical wrangling to be found in here, unfortunately you have to dig for it rather. This vintage dystopia includes some clever ideas, although the modern reader can easily get frustrated by the manner of their expression. May 28, Sunny rated it really liked it Shelves: british-literature. Good overall. The book is about a young dude who gets lost in the far realms of England somewhere and stumbles on a passing in a mountain which is seemingly impenetrable but somehow he manages to get through and in a scene similar to the Lost World by Conan Doyle he comes to a new and seemingly untouched land. There the protagonist is greeted at first with trepidation but eventually manages to live and get along with the inhabitants for a considerable period of time. I thought that would be an incredibly interesting subject or discipline to teach children and a way for them to challenge the norms clearly one of the hidden messages of this book and think well outside of the box. The former part smacked of Eugenics but the later made sense in a strange way. Instead of incarcerating their criminals Erewhonians would instead send them to hospital because the thinking was that no one in his right mind would commit a crime in Erewhon because that would be deleterious to his own well-being and soul and the wellbeing and soul of the state itself. Criminals were treated with a compassion which our society would find very hard to fathom. Butler must clearly have been a bit of a Luddite because in Erewhon almost all machinery has been banned. Butler was a little ahead of his times and foresaw the damaging effects that technological progression had the potential to have on society and individuals today. In Erewhon the protagonist is found to have a watch and is put in prison for that and suspected of being a miscreant for a long time. Aug 22, John rated it did not like it. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Here's an old one about a dystopic society. In this tale, a European visitor stumbles upon Erewhon, a society hidden up in the mountains of some unspecified continent. The story itself is short - the visitor falls in love with a native, gets in trouble with authorities when his novelty begins to fade, and attempts his escape. The book is much longer than the actual plot, because the narrator spends a lot of time explaining the peculiar conventions of Erewhon, which are obvious satires of importa Here's an old one about a dystopic society. The book is much longer than the actual plot, because the narrator spends a lot of time explaining the peculiar conventions of Erewhon, which are obvious satires of important European beliefs. This gets very tedious because the book, written as a memoir, reads like anthropology instead of a story. It took me a long time to finish it because I wasn't enjoying it at all. Maybe I missed something? I was not impressed. Okay, I get it is a satire of Victorian society, but seriously I felt like I was getting beat over the head with how blatant the satire was. Samuel Butler tried to squeeze in much more than there was room for. It could have been a solid read, but I just wasn't feeling it. Compared to other authors of that time, it just doesn't compare. Does not respect the reader's time. My Neighborhood. By jacqueline A. Best of Los Angeles so far. By Mya P. Southern California. By Susie L. International Market. By Michael D. By Sarah C. By Katie S. Juicy Ladies. Bristol Farms - Woodland Hills. Whole Foods Market. Topanga Living Cafe. Pressed Juicery. Vintage Grocers. JOi Cafe. Things to do in Calabasas. Find more Grocery near Erewhon. Find more Organic Stores near Erewhon. 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Butler must clearly have been a bit of a Luddite because in Erewhon almost all machinery has been banned. Butler was a little ahead of his times and foresaw the damaging effects that technological progression had the potential to have on society and individuals today. In Erewhon the protagonist is found to have a watch and is put in prison for that and suspected of being a miscreant for a long time. Aug 22, John rated it did not like it. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Here's an old one about a dystopic society. In this tale, a European visitor stumbles upon Erewhon, a society hidden up in the mountains of some unspecified continent. The story itself is short - the visitor falls in love with a native, gets in trouble with authorities when his novelty begins to fade, and attempts his escape. The book is much longer than the actual plot, because the narrator spends a lot of time explaining the peculiar conventions of Erewhon, which are obvious satires of importa Here's an old one about a dystopic society. The book is much longer than the actual plot, because the narrator spends a lot of time explaining the peculiar conventions of Erewhon, which are obvious satires of important European beliefs. This gets very tedious because the book, written as a memoir, reads like anthropology instead of a story. It took me a long time to finish it because I wasn't enjoying it at all. Maybe I missed something? I was not impressed. Okay, I get it is a satire of Victorian society, but seriously I felt like I was getting beat over the head with how blatant the satire was. Samuel Butler tried to squeeze in much more than there was room for. It could have been a solid read, but I just wasn't feeling it. Compared to other authors of that time, it just doesn't compare. Does not respect the reader's time. Dude looks for better land. Now you can skip to Chapter Four. It's about the half-hour mark on audiobooks which contain the first two prefaces such as the Librivox recording. I'm abandoning it here, since I sense this will not rate more than a three star review, even if I complete it-- since it's some chunky caramel essays wrapped in a thin layer of plot. Dec 17, Lily rated it liked it Shelves: tww-theory-fiction-list. After much polite side-stepping despite comically running into this book in several other works I read in this past year, I finally sat down and finished it. It's a relatively short novel and by no means a literary masterpiece; It's not difficult to get through in one or two sittings. I'm not sure if being aware of the context and implications that Fisher, Deleuze-Guattari, Latour and many more offer for this book is a good thing before going into it, but there was nothing I could do about that. Erewhon is, as anyone would tell you, a satirical novel about Victorian society. It's the story of an unsuspecting narrator passing through the fictional realm of Erewhon, a dystopian land with various strange societal mores. In the most interesting chapters of the book Book of the Machines we learn that the people in Erewhon have voluntarily destroyed all advanced machines and have kept none but the simplest tools. According to the inhabitants of Erewhon, a cataclysmic process of Darwinian evolution might allow a simple timepiece to give birth to monsters that would rule over humans. The most compelling part of the book is Butler's view on the relationship between humans and machines and the ability of machines to propagate themselves. In short, the fact that human beings are involved in the reproduction of machines does not mean that they lack a reproductive system: on the contrary, human beings are essentially a part of the machinic reproductive system. Surely if a machine is able to reproduce another machine systematically, we may say that it is a reproductive system. What is a reproductive system, if it not be a system for reproduction? And how few of the machines are there which have not been produced systematically by other machines? But it is man that makes them do so. Yes; but is it not insects that make many of the plants reproductive, and would not whole families of plants not die out if their fertilization was not effected by a class of agents utterly foreign to themselves? Does any one say that the red clover has no reproductive system because the humble bee and the humble bee only must aid and abet it before it can reproduce? No one. The humble bee is a part of the reproductive system of the clover. Each one of ourselves has sprung from minute animalcules whose identity was entirely distinct from our own, and which acted after their kind with no thought or heed of what we might think about it. These little creatures are part of our own reproductive system; then why not we part of that of the machines? This, as it turns out, is heavily laden with philosophical implications. Through this compelling concept and the interesting arguments Butler puts forth, this book serves as a work of theory-fiction that has inspired cybernetic philosophy and challenged vitalism. Of course the story is much more imbued with caution and warning, directly inspired by the Gothic social atmosphere surrounding Darwinism, and it is devoid of any kind of cyberpunk jouissance that can be found in later philosophical works that it inspired; But the blueprint of some tenets of the subsequent cybernetic philosophy can be found within the text and it serves as a good introduction to them. Oct 14, MisterFweem rated it really liked it. Pardon me, but the English geek inside me is coming out. Remember as Dave Barry said, if you can easily come up with idiot interpretations of novels, you should major in English. I majored in journalism, meaning I could easily come up with idiot interpretations of news events. Same thing. Herbert, author of the Dune novels, may have taken the name of Butler and the idea of a societal rebellion against machin Pardon me, but the English geek inside me is coming out. This is certainly not an original thought, as many Dune enthusiasts I hesitate to call them scholars, since there are no endowed chairs, at least that I know of, for the pupose of literary study of the Herbert canon, though it would not surprise me at all to find someone, several someones, who have focused on Herbert in masters or doctoral theses. I'll bet Comic Book Guy would have a few words to say on the subject. This belief is in line with the criminalization of illness in Erewhon, where diseases of the body were treated as crimes and justly punished, while what we consider to be crimes — embezzlement, tax evasion — are tolerated under Erewhonian law as proof that the minds that performed such activities are stronger than those that do not, pushing the drive to succeed by any means above the drive to succeed honestly. In his reliance upon the use of steam, he has been betrayed into increasing and multiplying. To withdraw steam power suddenly will not have the effect of reducing us to the state in which we were before its introduction; there will be a general break-up and time of anarchy such as has never been known; it will be as though our population were suddenly doubled, with no additional means of feeding the increased number. The air we breathe is hardly more necessary for our animal life than the use of any machine, on the strength of which we have increased our numbers, is to our civilization; it is the machines which act upon man and make him man, as much as man who has acted upon and made the machines; but we must choose between the alternative of undergoing much present suffering, or seeing ourselves gradually superseded by our own creatures till we rank no higher in comparison with them, than the beasts of the field with ourselves. Erewhonians feared overreliance on steam. Jan 15, Tommy Carlson rated it really liked it. It's a bit of utopian fiction that came out in It describes an adventurer stumbling onto an unknown civilization. The protagonist describes the people and society, falls in love with a woman, and attempts to escape when the society endangers him. Later, I learned of Samuel Butler's Erewhon, published the very next year. So, let's say there's some similarity here. Butler, in a later version's forward, assures the reader that his book was written without any knowledge of the other. It's difficult to believe that this book was written at the same time as The Coming Race. Although there really isn't much plot here either, the delivery feels fresh, the language almost modern. I actually cared about the protagonist. The society itself is a reversal of real-world society, for the purposes of satire. It's not really meant to represent a real alternative society. The reversal goes to the extent of forming proper names by near-reversals of normal words and names. As with The Coming Race, the middle consists of essays. However, instead of being dry, they're lively and chuckle-worthy. Some of the targets of the satire flew by me. Either I'm not smart enough or the targets themselves are strictly of another time. Most likely the former. There's a wonderful trio of chapters detailing the dangers of technology. It's not far off from some of the concerns you hear today regarding artificial intelligence. The section on children is simply hilarious. The plot aspects are wrapped up quickly at the end, mostly just as a means of getting the protagonist into a position to be able to hand over the narrative to the reader. This book isn't a novel. It's essays wrapped in just enough plot to justify itself. So, I finally finished this page book that I started reading in October! Well, although it took me a long time to get through the book, I think it was worth it. The thing is, it is a very, very thoughtful book - certainly not a light read, so I couldn't read it unless I really had the free time and energy to concentrate. And, if I didn't get through a chapter in one sitting, I usually had to start if over later because I couldn't follow the chapter otherwise. It was written during the s published and is considered a satire of the [then] modern day English society. However, there are a lot of themes in the book that hold true today. Butler uses this fictional society Erewhon to discuss human nature, the good and the bad. In Erewhon, machines are outlawed, for fear that they may take over the society. There are many, many other interesting points of discussion in the book on subjects ranging from physical beauty to pregnancy to the rights of plants and animals. Another note I'd like to make is that it is clear in the book that Butler was very familiar with works by Darwin with the Origin of Species having been published in I'd love to discuss the book with other who have read it! A Utopian society that is almost the inverse of ours. Such is the isolated country of Erewhon which the narrator stumbles upon. What follows is a satirical philosophic view of a society that has progressed - or regressed? What I love most about this novel is the author's devices to put forth ideas from differing perspectives. And though it was first published in , the novel still resounds deeply with modern life; perhaps even more so now than when A Utopian society that is almost the inverse of ours. And though it was first published in , the novel still resounds deeply with modern life; perhaps even more so now than when it was first published. After all, regardless of time period, regardless of ethnic background, regardless of political and religious stripe, human nature is human nature. The main plot line is the first-person narrator account of Higgs, lost in the backcountry of a land that is apparently New Zealand. The society encounters there is reversed in some important ways. For example, citizens are considered responsible for, and a criminally punished for having bad luck or bad health. The explanation of this goes on much too long for my sake. In the second half, there are a number of other concepts developed, lampooning hypocritical 19th century English systems of religion, education, technology, and diet. In it, some of the great thinkers of Erewhon have extrapolated the future evolution of machine consciousness. Machines and plants are assumed to be conscious when they behave in ways that cannot be simply understood by direct human observation. The evolutionary progress of machines is illustrated without consideration that the changes called out have been designed intentionally by outside intelligence, rather than through reproductive survival. Of course, more contemporary science fiction and science has taken on this issue, but Butler does not. The discussion is dated, but the topic is relevant. This is one of those books that just should be read some time in your life. Aug 20, Sophia rated it it was ok. The story is narrated by Higgs, looking back on the great adventure of his life in a strange land. As a young man, Higgs travelled to one of the British colonies, which he doesn't expressly name, but which sounds a lot like New Zealand where Samuel Butler spent time as a youth. Here, Higgs found work on one of the large sheep stations in the interior of the country, at the limits of the region hitherto explored by the British and up against a seemingly impassable mountain range. Higgs feels su The story is narrated by Higgs, looking back on the great adventure of his life in a strange land. Higgs feels sure that there are great tracts of fertile pasture just beyond the mountains and imagines the wealth that could be his if he is the first to discover them, so he sets off - ignoring the protests of his unwilling native guide who warns him of terrible dangers ahead. After many hardships and struggles, Higgs finds a narrow pass through the mountains, though his guide soon runs off and leaves him to it. On the other side he finds a wondrous civilisation of beautiful people, lovely architecture and harmonious living. Could this be a Utopia? Well, though at first glance everything seems perfect in Erewhon - as the country is named - once Higgs starts to settle in, learn the language and get to grips with the Erewhonian customs, he discovers some surprising and disturbing differences between their culture and his own. I really wanted to love this book, and at first I did. Higgs's journey across the mountains is entertaining and the discovery of a lost civilisation makes for some great reading. But once Higgs got to Erewhon the story stalled completely and the largest middle section of the book is entirely given over to a detailed description of their way of life. Butler basically uses the premise of an imagined society to satirise Victorian attitudes to religion, money, and society in general. However, you need a pretty good knowledge of the period to understand many of the points Butler is making and it wasn't until I consulted Wikipedia after finishing Erewhon that much of it became clear. Butler does sometimes labour his points, and his motto seems to be "why say something in one sentence when you can drag it out for a whole chapter? The book picks up again towards the end once Higgs's analysis has finally finished and he continues with the story, but by that time I'm afraid I had lost interest. On the plus side, he did have an amazing imagination for the time and there's a section about the possible evolution of machines which is very relevant in the computer-dominated world of today. This is the section which Scarlett Thomas alluded to in The End of Mr Y, and it's mainly this that inclines people to categorise Erewhon as a very early example of science fiction. I'm glad I read this very proto-sci-fi tale, if only as a curiosity-sating exercise, but I don't think I'll be rushing to read the sequel, Return to Erewhon. Jun 01, Dylan McIntosh rated it liked it. Let him be thankful if he is no worse. The story telling reminding me of Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, the "translations" tended to loose me as my focus wandered. However, Butler brings up some interesting concepts of a Utopian society. What if your well being was based exclusively on your appearance? It was a crime to embezzle or steal, however a common cold could land you in prison. A child will be killed if unable to be a commercial value to their parents in a early age. Over all, an enjoyable book, just wish there would have been story and less "translations". Note- I read the paperback edition and wrongly clicked on the kindle one. This is an interesting read and is certainly also quite an unusual one in many ways. It starts off as a gentle adventure, goes pretty philosophical for most of it, and ends in a light adventure style once again. I enjoyed the early parts of the book, which feel like they are easing you in, but you know that it's shortly going to get very different, and it certainly does I would say it is a satirical, philosophical, fan Note- I read the paperback edition and wrongly clicked on the kindle one. He tends to be mainly at odds with these unusual people and finds them perplexing, but he still tries his best to understand everything he comes across while in this strange land. There are chapters concerning the unborn, and the world of the unborn, which is better to not try to explain really, as it needs to be read, as it is wonderfully strange! The way they treat mental health with sympathy and compassion, shows an advanced society in many ways, but the way they treat physical illness as a crime to be punished for, leading people to hide their conditions for fear of persecution, is quite disturbing. There is interest to be found throughout the book, with Musical Banks and Colleges of Unreason, but the very best chapters I found were concerning The Book of the Machines It is pretty philosophical as well, and needs careful reading if you want to properly absorb the ideas he talks about, which can be quite odd and yet profound as well. It's not a big plot-type book with richly detailed characters and lots of high drama, but is one to take your time with certainly, if you want to appreciate it properly. Congratulations to me on having finished out of the " Books You Must Read Butler's "Erewhon" adds to the tradition of Utopian fiction and imaginary travel - Thomas More and "Gulliver's Travels" being the most obvious antecedents but Bulwer-Lytton's "The Coming Race" has just been published at the same time, and as both were initially anonymous, it was assumed they were by the same author. The trope of stumbling upon an unknown civilization during the exploration of un Congratulations to me on having finished out of the " Books You Must Read The trope of stumbling upon an unknown civilization during the exploration of underdeveloped countries undergoing colonial exploitation is also reminiscent of H. Rider Haggard and Edgar Rice Burroughs. With that context, our narrator Higgs who is a sheep-farming hand in somewhere very like New Zealand, sets off to cross a forbidding looking mountain range in hopes of finding unused fertile land for himself. Instead he stumbles upon a large well-developed country that seems to have no need to explore beyond their boundaries. Butler having lived in both New Zealand and Italy, quickly switches gears and finds his new hosts also captors to be very like Northern Italians. He learns their language and learns about their cultural and philosophical beliefs, and presents them to us in rather endless chapters that alternate with the actual plot, such as it is. Like any Englishman of his time and social class, the English gentleman is the gold standard of civilization and any other country has to be evaluated on how close they come to that standard. Having rejected his family's plan that he go into the Church and embraced Darwinism, Butler is a keen critic of mixed-up thinking and uses his descriptions of the Erewhonians often preposterous and contradictory belief system to satirize the actual world he lives in. Topics include the Industrial Revolution, vegetarianism and so on. After Higgs escapes, he publishes a description of his experience and the place with the expressed goal of starting a subscription organization to raise money to return and convert them to Christianity, at gunpoint if necessary which sort of gives away the game on the whole imperialist imperative. I'm also curious if the escape by hot air balloon inspired L. Frank Baum. Dec 26, Kim Wong rated it liked it Shelves: , fiction. Erewhon is most famous for its satirical commentary on Victorian values, using a utopia to mount criticism of the beliefs and practices that Butler finds ridiculous in his own society. Specifically, he attacks the attitudes on the ill and unfortunate in society by treating disease as a crime and crime as a disease, which just reminds me of Cobra. The physically sick are punished, the unfortunate are imprisoned and sentenced to hard labor, and the criminals are treated at hospitals and at their h Erewhon is most famous for its satirical commentary on Victorian values, using a utopia to mount criticism of the beliefs and practices that Butler finds ridiculous in his own society. The physically sick are punished, the unfortunate are imprisoned and sentenced to hard labor, and the criminals are treated at hospitals and at their homes by straighteners, which seem similar to psychiatrists. It's a depiction of a denial of common humanity. Butler also targets organized religion by comparing the Anglican church to Erewhon's Musical Banks, which are revered but little visited. The ministers of the Musical Banks are cashiers that deal in valueless currency, and sons are brought into the profession in their infancy when they are impressionable and unable to make the choice consciously. Butler also attacks academia with Erewhon's Colleges of Unreason and industrialization, mechanization, and the resultant dehumanization with the Book of the Machines. The satirical elements of Erewhon and its textual relationship with Sir Thomas More's Utopia have been discussed elsewhere. What interested me were Butler's forewords, which humanized him greatly. Butler would carry his attacks on Victorianism throughout his works until his final novel, The Way of All Flesh, published posthumously because he feared his attacks would be too contentious. In his second foreword, Butler expresses high hopes for the publication of Erewhon Revisited, his revised version of Erewhon. Unfortunately, Butler had great difficulty identifying a publisher for Erewhon Revisited despite Erewhon's commercial success. His attempts to address criticisms of his novel and his optimism for his follow-up work have stayed with me more than his satire of Victorian society or his idea that machines will evolve beyond human imagination and possibly replace or subjugate human beings. Probably will not finish Erewhon, another classic I picked off the shelves of Project Gutenberg. But once our unnamed hero made it over the mountains and into Erewhon itself, it took and abrupt left turn and became something much closer to Gulliver's Travels. Many, endless chapters are devoted to the study of the peculiarities of Erewhonese culture, in which all illness Probably will not finish Erewhon, another classic I picked off the shelves of Project Gutenberg. Many, endless chapters are devoted to the study of the peculiarities of Erewhonese culture, in which all illness, deformity, and even bad luck are criminalized but actual anti-social behavior such as swindling, lying, and all forms of violence are treated as if they were illnesses: patients immediately confess and are assigned to the tender mercies of a "straightener. Nor is the book interesting enough the author freely confesses to a lack of real plot or character development in his forward to the second edition for me to bother. I may read a few more chapters, but I doubt I'll actually finish. The result is an interesting mixture of travelogue a "The awakened conscience of an individual will often lead him to do things in haste that he had better have left undone, but the conscience of a nation awakened by a respectable old gentleman who has an unseen power up his sleeve will pave hell with a vengeance. The result is an interesting mixture of travelogue and satire much like Gulliver's Travels. The satire can get lost in Butler's philosophic ruminations and his methods of satire seem to be scattershot; at one point, he seems to be satirizing organized religion by comparing it to the Erewhonian system of banking--which was actually quite effective, until he detailed the prevailing religion of Erewhon in the next chapter. However, the last hundred pages are screamingly funny and scathingly satiric on issues of Victorian society that are still prevalent in the 21st century. And his final scheme to capitalize on his discovery his as horrifying as it is pathetic. My eating style: I exclude just three products: refined sugar honey and maple syrup and all the syrups are also sugar , gluten, and lactose. Please at least make sure there is no sugar, honey, syrup in your deserts. Would greatly appreciate it. I wish you can exclude all the sugar substitutes too. The food taste really good without them. Most people don't need them. Even sugar substitutes still can give sugar cravings, would be so great to have sugar free sugar substitutes free, gluten free desert options Would so appreciate it And that would make me happier Thank you Erewhon. Dear Erewhon May you please make zero spicy vegan taco? Just plain, nothing added, even no salt. And may you please do not add vinegar to the food, most important not to add vinegar to cooked veggies beetroot with If you could please do not add any salt as well that be awesome too Vinegar and spices give some people heartburn Thank you The rest is great as always. Read more. Literally my second home! I cannot underplay the amount of green goddesses I've consumed here on hinge dates with guys who went to Michigan and worked for Twitter lol. Solid food, immaculate people watching! This is where the cougars hang. Please do smth with Vegan hot breakfast. I believe if you put califlower and sprouts you'll get a lot people on morning time. I'm begging you! Been here a few times for groceries and I finally decided to get some sushi this time. This grocery store can use better lighting and the aisles are very narrow. This Erewhon is not a favorite location of mine. I prefer the Pacific Palisades location but this one is closer to me. The sushi is fresh and tastes good but the three different rolls all pretty much taste the same. I really cannot distinguish between the three. I definitely appreciate that the rolls are free of sugar which makes me wonder how much sugar sushi usually contains. As for the employees some are nice but I've also encountered rude ones here too. Awesome customer service this is my second time at this and if you're like me you had a new store it's kind of hard to find things, what everyone was wonderful there a patient with me asking questions and not knowing if they didn't have it they explain why and when they may have it. I saw things that had for example seen sheep cheese, I've never seen sheep cheese. Yes it's at the market very fresh produce very health conscientious market. Erewhon is a millennial's Disneyland. It's like a Whole Foods on crack. My wallet hurts a little, but you can't put a price tag on overpriced salads. I mean, you can but I came here for my birthday to treat myself, and was very happy with the spread I purchased. I love the salmon and the kelp salads in the hot foods section. It was quite a pricey lunch, but everything tasted very fresh and well cooked. I wish I didn't buy into overpriced healthy food trends, but alas I am a huge sucker for it. I've never been surrounded by so many good looking young rich folk fighting to get a number, but I suppose that's one of the things that come with eating at an overheardLA hot spot. Would I come again? Do I hate myself for this? You bet. Will I spend my entire life savings and k at the Silverlake location when it opens this summer of ? The products here are the best. A food lovers dream. The quality of the food and service is the Best of the Best.. It is a little pricy but worth it I am there almost every day. Hot food. This wee health food grocery store is a delight. Nestled into the Grove, it is a solid spot to stop for a shop. Great quality products. If you like Whole Foods, this outfit will impress. Prices vary based on weight and your choice of main, I always go for vegetarian so I believe it's about 15 dollars. Though 15 dollars for a grocery store hot bar meal may sound a bit pricey, for the quality and quantity of food that you're getting, it is beyond worth the price. There are always new mains and sides available so you'll never get bored, and everything they make is insanely fresh and most of it is super healthy too. They also have great sushi and poke. Couldn't be happier to live close by. What a selection of yummy, healthy goodness!! The experience was great from parking, shopping, checking out and leaving. The prices are a bit high but expect to pay that for quality food. Business website. Phone number. Get Directions. Full menu. By Shannon S. Los Angeles. By Steve N. Vegan in LA. By Sheela M. By Shon S. My Organs Are Organic. By Ariane R. LA Eats. By Melissa C. By Harmonie T. Los Angeles To Do List. By Jennifer S. Vegetarian Bites L. By Lacey W. Vegan Friendly Grub Spots. By Robert S. Gracias Madre - West Hollywood. Whole Foods Market. Backyard Bowls. Sprouts Farmers Market. Bristol Farms - West Hollywood. Earthbar - West Hollywood. Things to do in Los Angeles. Find more Grocery near Erewhon Market. 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Get exclusive access to content from our First Edition with your subscription. Subscribe today. Learn More in these related Britannica articles:. In the 20th century, when the possibility of a planned society became too imminent, a number of bitterly anti-utopian, or dystopian, novels appeared. Charles Darwin , English naturalist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies. An affable country gentleman, Darwin at first shocked religious Victorian society by suggesting that…. History at your fingertips. Sign up here to see what happened On This Day , every day in your inbox! New Zealand sound art organisation, the Audio Foundation, published in an anthology edited by Bruce Russell named Erewhon Calling after Butler's book. In " Smile ", the second episode of the season of Doctor Who , the Doctor and Bill explore a spaceship named Erehwon. Despite the slightly different spelling, the episode writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce confirmed [13] that this was a reference to Butler's novel. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Erewhon disambiguation. For the book, see Over the Range Idriess book. Dewey Decimal. Retrieved 5 March — via Internet Archive. Pop Matters. Retrieved 5 December Retrieved 12 June Retrieved 21 May Soy Info Center. Retrieved 21 December The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 October In addition to the original West Hollywood-adjacent LA location, there are now Erewhons in Venice, Calabasas hence the Kardashian connection , and, as of April , a sunlight-filled, architecturally stunning new spot in Santa Monica. When it comes to raw pizza, the answer is always yes. There are a few reasons. This intensive curation allows each store to have a relatively small footprint—the new Santa Monica location is about a quarter of the size of the average Whole Foods—which allows for a discovery element you rarely find in overwhelmingly large grocery stores. This is an environment that inspires you to try new products constantly. Donuts done right. Those amazing prepared foods? I once ran in and grabbed a few salads to take to a party and nearly keeled over and died at checkout. Plus, he urges potential customers to see the food Erewhon sells as an investment in themselves. Have you tried one of our organic cold-pressed juices?!

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Britannica Quiz. Name the Novelist. Which American novelist was famous for his depiction of the Jazz Age? Get exclusive access to content from our First Edition with your subscription. Subscribe today. Learn More in these related Britannica articles:. In the 20th century, when the possibility of a planned society became too imminent, a number of bitterly anti-utopian, or dystopian, novels appeared. Charles Darwin , English naturalist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies. An affable country gentleman, Darwin at first shocked religious Victorian society by suggesting that…. History at your fingertips. Sign up here to see what happened On This Day , every day in your inbox! Email address. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Notice. With that, my friend all but dashed out of the restaurant, presumably on her way to stock up on all of the healthy things before separating once more from that which she misses most about LA: a grocery store. So what, exactly, is the story behind this shop, which is basically the grocery equivalent of a really well-curated, indie-luxe fashion boutique? I went behind the scenes to find out. Despite its relatively recent Instagram-icon status, Erewhon has actually been around since the mid s, when it was founded in Boston by Michio and Aveline Kushi, a husband-and-wife duo who were early pioneers of the macrobiotic diet. Initially, the Kushis mainly imported goods from Japan to stock their shelves. More on that in a minute. Erewhon eventually landed with its current owners, Tony and Josephine Antoci, who have been responsible for some pretty serious expansion since they took over in In addition to the original West Hollywood-adjacent LA location, there are now Erewhons in Venice, Calabasas hence the Kardashian connection , and, as of April , a sunlight-filled, architecturally stunning new spot in Santa Monica. When it comes to raw pizza, the answer is always yes. There are a few reasons. This intensive curation allows each store to have a relatively small footprint—the new Santa Monica location is about a quarter of the size of the average Whole Foods—which allows for a discovery element you rarely find in overwhelmingly large grocery stores. This is an environment that inspires you to try new products constantly. Donuts done right. Those amazing prepared foods? I once ran in and grabbed a few salads to take to a party and nearly keeled over and died at checkout. Plus, he urges potential customers to see the food Erewhon sells as an investment in themselves.

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