Jack London
Audiobook | Pages: 354 pages Rating: 3.76 | 7851 Users | 606 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Iron Heel |
| Author | : | Jack London |
| Book Format | : | Audiobook |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 354 pages |
| Published | : | July 2010 by Librivox (first published 1908) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Classics. Politics. Literature. Novels |
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The Iron Heel by Jack London is Upton Sinclair meets Wolf Larson.Described by many as the first of the modern dystopian novels, this one takes a strongly socialist stance, clearly espousing this ideology in lengthy diatribes. While reading this work I frequently compared to Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, but in contrast. Both novels ambitiously seek a prophetic tone, but both ultimately wind up as monological propaganda with straw man arguments propped up in opposition.
The Iron Heel does have the good taste to not run over 1,000 pages. Another of London’s works, the short story The Mexican espouses London's feelings as well, deeply sympathetic to socialist causes and centers around romantic heroism of its champions.
One aspect of the Iron Heel that was amazing, and truly prophetic was London’s uncanny ability to forecast power plays of government, especially the rise of Hitler’s Germany, some thirty years after the release of The Iron Heel. Social and political critics of modern day capitalism could also look to this 1908 publication to show how the rich get richer and labor unions have been bought out and find themselves underpowered to react.
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| Original Title: | The Iron Heel |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Avis Everhard, Anthony Meredith, Ernest Everhard |
| Setting: | United States of America |
| Literary Awards: | Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Nominee for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel (1986) |
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Ratings: 3.76 From 7851 Users | 606 ReviewsCriticism Appertaining To Books The Iron Heel
Wow...Wow....OK, ok....First off...this is not your regular Jack London stuff, hell I didn't even know he was a socialist till reading this. This is a dystopian novel, an odd book, supposedly a manuscript dug up around the year 2700, this manuscript chronicles events that take place in the early 20th century as capitalism develops into a sort of oligarchy. The reader is given footnotes by a historian from 2700 who is trying to explain the strangeness of some of our history to his contemporariesThe Iron Heel by Jack London is Upton Sinclair meets Wolf Larson. Described by many as the first of the modern dystopian novels, this one takes a strongly socialist stance, clearly espousing this ideology in lengthy diatribes. While reading this work I frequently compared to Ayn Rands Atlas Shrugged, but in contrast. Both novels ambitiously seek a prophetic tone, but both ultimately wind up as monological propaganda with straw man arguments propped up in opposition. The Iron Heel does have the
This book, The Iron Heel, is a manuscript that has been discovered 7 centuries into the future, 300 hundred years in the Christian era and 400 years in the era of the Brotherhood of Man. The manuscript was written by Avis Everhard. The driving force is her husband, Ernest Everhard. Everhard is a tireless socialist activist and revolutionary. He preaches the gospel in favor of Labor vs. Capital. Even when he addresses a group of capitalists, they are unable to refute his arguments. The first
I give this book 5 stars for being revolutionary, in more ways than one. When it was written, I think the closest there was to the dystopian genre was H.G. Well's Time Machine. It was a leader in that sense, but it was also incredibly predictive and insightful to many future events. I had to stop reading several times to check the original copyright of the book. Was it really only written in 1908? How on earth did Jack London, the author best known for books like Call of the Wild and White Fang,
We are all caught up in the wheels and cogs of the industrial machine.When this book was selected for an SFF Audio Readalong discussion (link at bottom of post), I was surprised I hadn't heard of it in all my reading of dystopias and disasters. Jack London, an ardent socialist, published this in 1907 as a warning for the Oligarchy that was bound to take control if the proletariat didn't rise up. The story itself is told through the diary of Avis Everhard, telling the story of the revolutionary,
Its like reading a left-wing Ayn Rand and in no way is that a good thing. As much as I take issue with Londons politics, Im even more disappointed with the poor writing. I love Martin Eden and I enjoy his adventure stories, but this is truly terrible. Wooden characters, ridiculous dialogue, a terrible plot... this is one of only three books that I hurled across the room after I finished reading because I was so disgusted. Im baffled that it has any good reviews. Every second spent reading this
Jack London wrote a dystopia! Did you know that? I didn't! It is terrible.The first 75% is pure political screed. And not very well scrode, either; it's hysterically and ineptly scridden. Jack London was a socialist, and this book makes socialism look bad through its sheer incompetence. (By the way, that Lincoln quote didn't happen.) The fact that I happen to agree with the basic ideas here doesn't make the book any less boring.When the plot finally does kick in, it's...well, who cares what it
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