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Men Like Gods
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Men Like Gods is a novel written in 1923 by H. G. Wells. It features a utopist parallel universe.
The hero of the novel, Mr. Barnstaple, is a depressive journalist in the newspaper The Liberal. At the beginning of the story, Mr. Barnstaple, as well as a few other Englishmen, are accidentally transported to the parallel world of Utopia. Utopia is like a more advanced Earth, although it had been quite similar to Earth in the past in a period known to Utopians as the 'Days of Confusion.' Utopia is an utopic world: it has an utopic socialist world government, advanced science, and even pathogens have been eliminated and predators are almost tamed.
This, however, means that the Earthlings pose a grave threat to Utopians, as the latter's immune system has become weak; and the Earthlings have to be quarantined until a solution is found. They resent this isolation and some of them plot to take over Utopia; they are actively opposed by Mr. Barnstaple, who has to escape from the quarantine castle, just as superior Utopian technology finally destroys the Earthling revolt. Finally, the Utopians find a way to send back Mr. Barnstaple, and the story ends as he goes back to Earth.
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