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News from Nowhere (1890) is a classic work combining utopian socialism and soft science fiction written by the artist, designer and socialist pioneer William Morris. In the book, the narrator, William Guest, falls asleep after returning from a meeting of the Socialist League and awakes to find himself in a future society based on common ownership and democratic control of the means of production. In this society there is no private property, no big cities, no authority, no monetary system, no divorce, no courts, no prisons, and no class systems. This agrarian society functions simply because the people find pleasure in nature, and therefore they find pleasure in their work. In the novel, Morris tackles one of the most common criticisms of socialism; the supposed lack of incentive to work in a communistic society. Morris' response is that all work should be creative and pleasurable. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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Chapter 1, Discussion and BedChapter 2, A Morning BathChapter 3, The Guest House and Breakfast ThereinChapter 4, A Market By the WayChapter 5, Children on the RoadChapter 6, A Little ShoppingChapter 7, Trafalgar SquareChapter 8, An Old FriendChapter 9, Concerning LoveChapter 10, Questions and AnswersChapter 11, Concerning GovernmentChapter 12, Concerning the Arrangement of LifeChapter 13, Concerning Politics and Chapter 14, How Matters Are ArrangedChapter 15, On the Lack of Incentive to Labour in a Communist SocietyChapter 16, Dinner in the Hall of Bloomsbury MarketChapter 17, Part 1, How the Change CameChapter 17, Part 2, How the Change CameChapter 18, The Beginning of the New LifeChapter 19, The Drive Back to HammersmithChapter 20, The Hammersmith Guest House Again, and Chapter 21, Going Up the RiverChapter 22, Hampton Court and a Praiser of Past TimesChapter 23, An Early Morning By RunnymedeChapter 24, Up the Thames: The Second DayChapter 25, The Third Day on the ThamesChapter 26, The Obstinate RefusersChapter 27, The Upper WatersChapter 28, The Little RiverChapter 29, A Resting-Place on the Upper ThamesChapter 30, The Journey's EndChapter 31, An Old House Amongst New FolkChapter 32, The Feast's Beginning - The End