News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest, being some chapters from a utopian romance vs The Iron Heel: Which Should You Read?

News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest, being some chapters from a utopian romance William Morris · 1890 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 258 pages · ≈ 4 h 47 m · Demanding

“Up at the League, says a friend, there had been one night a brisk conversational discussion, as to what would happen on the Morrow of the Revolution, finally shading off into a vigorous statement by various friends of their views on the future of the fully-developed new society.”

"Written in 1890, at the close of William Morris's most intense period of political activism, News from Nowhere is a compelling articulation of his mature views on art, work, community, family, and the nature and…

The Iron Heel Jack London · 1907 ★★★★☆ 3.8 373 pages · ≈ 6 h 54 m · Challenging

Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian," it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the novel in which Jack London's socialist views are most…