This week we wrap up our Contemporary Utopian Fiction series by discussing all the ways they are impossible.  Impossible to take seriously.  Impossible fits for the postmodern world. Impossible to dramatize in fiction.  In this wide-ranging conversation we touch on Asimov, Thomas More, Paradise Lost, Camelot, and Eyad even spoils The Good Place for you (be forewarned!).

For this series we read and discussed Toni Morrison's Paradise Jan 14-28, Mike Resnick's Kirinyaga Feb 4-18, and Ursula Le Guin's The Dispossessed Feb 25 - Mar 11.

Next week we will begin our new series on Novels in Stories by reviewing Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad.

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