Project Gutenberg 2023-12-12 Public domain in the USA. 137 Disch, Thomas M. 1940 2008 Disch, Thomas Michael Disch, Tom "Utopia? Never!" $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1963. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Utopia? Never!" by Thomas M. Disch is a science fiction novella likely written in the early 1960s. This book explores the concept of a utopian society through the eyes of a visitor to New Katanga, a supposedly perfect world offering no crime or hunger. Disch delves into the complexities of human nature and the inherent injustices that temper the idealism of such societies. The story unfolds as the visitor engages with his guide, discussing the merits of New Katanga while expressing skepticism about the existence of a true utopia. Despite the outward perfection of the society, the visitor remains convinced that underlying flaws exist. The narrative crescendos in a shocking climax at a public performance where gobblers—dreadful beasts—brutally kill the new citizen. This gruesome spectacle serves to reveal the hidden violence in this utopian façade, suggesting that even in the most seemingly perfect societies, humanity's darker tendencies cannot be fully eradicated. Through this narrative, Disch raises profound questions about the price of paradise and the nature of happiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20231125093201disch 1963 US Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Life on other planets -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 33191 2025-07-28T14:15:29.174903 text/html 8836 2023-12-12T17:56:42 text/html 298587 2025-07-28T14:15:32.635942 application/epub+zip 297363 2025-07-28T14:15:30.756908 application/epub+zip 297363 2025-07-28T14:15:29.746953 application/epub+zip 1205424 2025-07-28T14:15:33.876978 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1198715 2025-07-28T14:15:31.948945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 26651 2025-07-28T14:15:29.058931 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 6873 2023-12-12T17:56:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16004 2025-07-28T14:15:34.022905 application/rdf+xml 33052 2025-07-28T14:15:30.212896 image/jpeg 5043 2025-07-28T14:15:29.979922 image/jpeg 2368668 2025-07-28T14:15:29.199958 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia