The Sleeper Awakes

Wells describes atomic bombs three decades before they existed, then follows the collapse and rebuilding of world order after they are used. A novel about technology outrunning the politics meant to control it.

H. G. Wells

A visitor to the New York of 1988 finds a city of glittering wealth built on a desperate underclass, and watches the revolt that follows. One of the most influential political dystopias of the 19th century.

Ignatius Donnelly

Two travellers reach the Moon and find the Selenites, a society where every individual is physically shaped from birth to fit a single job. The satire of a perfectly specialised civilisation outlasts the adventure.

H. G. Wells