gamer reviewed News from Nowhere Annotated by William Morris
Review of 'News from Nowhere Annotated' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A great contrast to the massive amounts of dystopia I've seen in media. But that's not even remotely why I rated it 5 stars. A lot of my enjoyment is almost the meta-meta-commentary in my head, which completely fell in line with the meta-commentary of the narrator. I felt his disbelief. I shared his skepticism (how can people really be happy and nice to each other, no way, people are horrible!). And then I embraced it. I'll admit that my enjoyment dropped a bit when it came to the technicalities of how the utopia came to be, but it was still a breath of fresh air altogether.
The book relies on complete immersion in the world, and as such cannot be rushed.
This really is just a beautiful daydream, written down on a page. But like every daydream, or my fondest memory of summer as a child, it's now over. …
A great contrast to the massive amounts of dystopia I've seen in media. But that's not even remotely why I rated it 5 stars. A lot of my enjoyment is almost the meta-meta-commentary in my head, which completely fell in line with the meta-commentary of the narrator. I felt his disbelief. I shared his skepticism (how can people really be happy and nice to each other, no way, people are horrible!). And then I embraced it. I'll admit that my enjoyment dropped a bit when it came to the technicalities of how the utopia came to be, but it was still a breath of fresh air altogether.
The book relies on complete immersion in the world, and as such cannot be rushed.
This really is just a beautiful daydream, written down on a page. But like every daydream, or my fondest memory of summer as a child, it's now over. And I get to go back to the gray reality of post-industrial Europe. But hey, at least being literate gave me the opportunity to read this and inspire my own daydreams.