The Machine Stops

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

In a collectivist future the word for a single self has been erased from the language. A short, stark novella about a man who rediscovers the idea of the individual.

Ayn Rand

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