Anarchism and science fiction: A


Poul Anderson: ‘The Last of the Deliverers’ (1958; revised version 1976), ‘No Truce with Kings’ (1963)

‘In a world where the US and USSR have become decentralized, libertarian socialist townships, the last capitalist debates the last Communist, and everyone else is bored by their irrelevance.’ (Dan Clore) 'The Last of the Deliverers' is a creaky, cold-war yarn with some attractive post-consumerism and a tinge of green.

      In ‘No Truce with Kings’, Earth’s states have broken into small, feudal realms; alien invaders attempt to reintroduce civilization to the “starveling anarchs” of the planet, who prefer the relative freedom offered by a choice of masters.’ (Dan Clore)


anon: ‘Visit Port Watson!’ (in Rucker, Wilson & Wilson, eds: Semiotext(e) SF, 1985)

Spoof travel-guide to the utopian island of Sonsonal, combining ideas from various libertarian strands.


C.R. Ashbee: The Building of Thelema (1910)

‘A utopian romance influenced by William Morris.’ (Dan Clore)



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