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Han pasado seis décadas desde que una epidemia incontrolable - el bacilo de la Peste Escarlata‒ acabó con la mayor parte de la población mundial. Corre el año 2073… James Howard Smith, el último superviviente de la pandemia que estalló en el 2013 y, quien era entonces un joven profesor de literatura, intenta al final de su vida transmitir algo de experiencia a sus nietos. Les narra una historia apocalíptica que los niños no alcanzan a comprender plenamente, pues han nacido en un mundo salvaje, sin recibir educación y sin noción alguna del mundo como lo conoció Smith.

The Iron Heel is a science fiction novel novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. It is considered to be "the earliest of the modern dystopian" fiction, it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. In The Iron Heel, Jack London's socialist views are explicitly on display. A forerunner of soft science fiction novels and stories of the 1960s and 70s, the book stresses future changes in society and politics while paying much less attention to technological changes.

Set in a not-so-distant future USA, a socialist mass movement is growing fast and strong enough to win the national elections, rise to power, and implement a radical socialist regime. Conservatives, feeling threatened and deeply alarmed, set out to seize power in order to avert it, establishing a brutal dictatorship.

The Iron Heel by Jack London is a dystopian novel that explores the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It blends adventure, political commentary, and science fiction to critique capitalism and suggest the inevitability of a proletarian revolution. London's narrative is notable for its foresight into socio-economic issues and class struggle, making it a significant early work of dystopian literature.

The Classic Collection of Dystopias is an essential anthology that brings together three of the most influential dystopian novels of the 20th century. This edition offers a deep dive into the disturbing, thought-provoking worlds created by Ayn Rand, Evgeny Zamyatin, and Jack London, exploring themes of individuality, totalitarianism, and societal control. Anthem by Ayn Rand presents a future where individualism is forbidden, and one man's journey to reclaim his identity serves as a powerful critique of collectivism.

"La peste scarlatta" (The Scarlet Plague) è un romanzo post-apocalittico di Jack London pubblicato nel 1912. Si tratta di un testo visionario in cui l'autore anticipa temi destinati ad avere larga diffusione nei decenni successivi e rimane ancor oggi un punto di riferimento di un genere che gode di fortuna crescente nei film, nelle serie TV, nei fumetti.

The story of The Scarlet Plague takes place in 2073 in the San Francisco area, 60 years after an apocalyptic pandemic called the Red Death or Scarlet Plague has depopulated the Earth. James Smith, one of the survivors, lives with his grandsons who are hunter-gatherers in a tribal world. He relates the horror of the plague to them, and tells them of the time when he was a professor of English, and of the start of the pandemic. His grandsons, who are of limited cognitive ability, refuse to believe him; they cannot believe that the disease was spread by germs.

The Scarlet Plague, by Jack London, was the first example of a post-apocalyptic fiction novel in modern literature. Set in a ravaged and wild America, the story takes place in 2073, 60 years after the spread of the Red Death, an uncontrollable epidemic that depopulated and nearly destroyed the world in 2013. One of the few survivors, James Howard Smith, alias “Granser”, tells his incredulous and near-savage grandsons how the pandemic spread in the world and about the reactions of the people to contagion and death.

Imagine a world with no countries, no religion, and no democracy. Imagine the fall of the Great Western Empire. Historically, most Empires created by man have risen and fallen during a period of around 500 years. The Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, the Moors, and the Ottomans all, in their turn, reigned supreme until apathy, arrogance, and laziness led to their downfall. However, mankind would never become extinct as new societies inevitably replace existing social structures sooner or later.

A post-apocalyptic debut novel in a tradition that includes The Hunger Games and Station Eleven, this vision of a possible future shows humanity pushed beyond its breaking point, the forging of vital bonds when everything is lost, and, most centrally, a heroic young woman who crosses a frozen...