Anthem

Humanity lives underground in separate cells, talking through screens and worshipping the Machine that runs everything. Written in 1909, it predicted video calls, online lectures and life inside a network.

E. M. Forster

In the London of the year 2100 the countryside is empty, the rich live in giant glass cities and the poor work in blue uniforms for the Labour Company. Two young lovers try to escape. H. G. Wells's 1899 novella about advertising, hypnotism and class.

H. G. Wells

A general strike shuts down San Francisco overnight: no food, no transport, no news, and a wealthy man finds out how long his money lasts. Jack London's 1909 story of class revolt, told from the losing side.

Jack London