Ecotopia : The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston (Paperback)

from DinadansFriend

Stemming in method from "Erewhon" by Samuel Butler, the book, describing a 70's version of an ecologically sound future, moves right along and is competently written. I'm not sure that society will eventually resemble Callenbach's ideas, but it has been a very influential book.

from DarthFisticuffs

I'm of two minds about this book. On the one hand, it's an interesting and insightful set of ideas about what an independent Cascadia might look like, and the values of the culture that would grow there. On the other hand, as a book it's more than a little pulpy and chauvinistic - a relic of its ...

from xuebi

An intriguing epistolary novel, the combination of official articles and private diary entries give the reader the dual perspectives of the narrator's experience in the environmentally-friendly state of Ecotopia. Obviously this book is written with a particular platform in mind, and though someti...

from autumnturner76

I 'liked' this book. It could have been better but it could have been worse considering the format the author was going for.

from Kayla-Marie

I had to read this book for my Utopian/Dystopian Literature course, and even though it's a book that I would never choose to read voluntarily, I still liked it. I enjoyed the ideas expressed for this environmental utopian community. Callenbach did not try to create an absolutely perfect society. ...