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(Did you mean the [[Utopia (Beaumont)|Charles Beaumont fanzine]]?)
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(For other imaginary places, see [[Utopia (Disambiguation)]].)
  
 
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(More) Any story based on an imaginary Earthly civilization, with the purpose of satirizing or criticizing present social practices, is technically a Utopia, but the term strictly should mean a tale in which the portrayed civilization is a desirable one. Those undesirable are '''dystopias''' -- or -- better -- ''[[Brave New World]]s''.  
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([[Thomas More|More]]) Any story based on an imaginary Earthly civilization, with the purpose of satirizing or criticizing present social practices, is technically a Utopia, but the term strictly should mean a tale in which the portrayed civilization is a desirable one. Those undesirable are '''dystopias''' -- or -- better -- ''[[Brave New World]]s''.  
 
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* [https://www.sacred-texts.com/utopia/index.htm Selected utopian/dystopian literature.]
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* ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2130 Utopia]'' by Thomas More (1516).
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(For other imaginary places, see Utopia.)

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
(More) Any story based on an imaginary Earthly civilization, with the purpose of satirizing or criticizing present social practices, is technically a Utopia, but the term strictly should mean a tale in which the portrayed civilization is a desirable one. Those undesirable are dystopias -- or -- better -- Brave New Worlds.



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