List of inspiring literature

The following list of inspiring literature on the subject of geofiction is divided into three major parts, utopias, dystopias and geofiction. The list states in the correct order: author, title (publisher of my own or just the last known copy, year of the first publication), possibly the source for it, and whether I'm still looking for a copy. Many of the books I found on the internet, I found at Project Gutenberg.
     Just like the so-called utopian socialists from the nineteenth century, like Godwin, Cobbet, Owen, Fourrier, Proudhon and Saint-Simon (who should be listed among the utopias), I've also not mentioned the writers of science-fiction (who should be listed among the true geofiction), apart from Asimov, Herbert and Vance. The division between utopias and reality is just as difficult to make as is the division between utopias and geofiction. In a way all descriptions of an alternative society are 'societies of preference.' Many of the ficiticious countries described in literature however are an attempt to avoid that the reader will compare the information with reality (for Carl Barks it was easier to say the bad guys were from Brutopia than to say they were from the Soviet Union). Usually I don't regard these stories as geofiction.
     Many of the books I don't know about have been copied from A Modern Utopia by H.G. Wells, and some from the introduction to News from Nowhere by William Morris. Encarta means the cd-rom edition of the Winkler Prins Encarta-encyclopedia (1999).

Utopias

• Andriessen, Jurriaan, Eldorica (Het Spectrum, 1990).
• Bellamy, Edward, Looking backward: 2000-1887 (Gebroeders E. & M. Cohen, 1888).
• Born, Nicolas, Oton und Iton (1974), according to Encartaa "utopian children's book," I'm still searching.
• Butler, Samuel, Erewhon (Penguin, 1872).
• Cabet, Étienne, Voyage et aventures de lord William Carisdall en Icarie, roman philosophique et social (1840), I'm still searching.
• Campanella, Thomasso, Citta del Solle (internet, 1623-1702).
• Comte, Auguste, ? [called Great Western Republic in A Modern Utopia] (?), I'm still searching.
• Erskine, Lord Thomas, Armata (1817), according to A Modern Utopia, I'm still searching.
• Gisander of Gysander, see: Schnabel, Johann Gottfried.
• Harrington, James, The Commonwealth of Oceana (internet, 1656), according to the introduction to News from Nowhere.
• Hertzka, Theodor, Freeland, A Social Anticipation (internet, 1890).
• Herzl, Theodor, Oldnewland (Haifa Publishing Company, 1902).
• Hewins [called a utopist in A Modern Utopia], ? (?), I'm still searching.
• Howells, William Dean, A traveler from Altruria (internet, 1892), according to A Modern Utopia.
• M., P., see: P.M.
• More, Sir Thomas, Utopia (Penguin, 1516).
• Morelly, Abbée, Code de la Nature [called (The floating isle of) La Cite Morellyste in A Modern Utopia?] (1755), I'm still searching.
• Morris, William, News from Nowhere (Penguin, 1891).
• P.M., bolo'bolo (Ravijn, 1984, translated from German into Dutch by A.M.).
• Plato, De Republiek (Penguin, ± 394 BCE).
• Renouvier, Charles, Uchronie (1876), according to Utopia by Ian Tod and Michael Wheeler (edition 1979, translated into Dutch by A.F. Tist as Utopia: wereldhervormers tussen werkelijkheid en fantasie), I'm still searching.
• Schnabel, Johann Gottfried (Gisander or Gysander), Die Insel Felsenburg (1731), I'm still searching.
• Skinner, B.F., Walden Two (Macmillan, 1948).
• Wells, H.G., A Modern Utopia (internet, 1905).
• Werfel, Franz, Stern der Ungeborenen (1946), according to Encarta, I'm still searching.
  
  

Dystopias

• Forster, E.M., The Machine Stops (1909), according to the introduction to News from Nowhere, I'm still searching.
• Huxley, Aldous, Brave New World (Flamingo, 1932).
• Orwell, George, 1984 (Penguin, 1949).
• Vojnovitsj (Voinovič), Vladimir, Moskva 2042 (1987), according to Encarta, I'm still searching.
  
  

Geofiction

• Adams, Richard, Shardik (1974).
• Arleston, Scotch, and drawings by Glaudel, Paul, De wereld van de stad, Het symbool van de nar, De torens van Floovant and Het kristal van Camerlot (series De Cartografen) (Arboris, 1992, graphic novel in five books), I'm still searching for book 5, Le cri du plouillon.
• Asimov, Isaac, Foundation (1951-1953).
• Barks, Carl, various titles (series Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge) (Sanoma, between ± 1940 and 1965, graphic novels).
• Barnard, Hans, Schaakspelen binnen het Keiaans Imperium (?).
•  —, De Keiaanse muziek (?).
• Bilderdijk, Willem, Kort verhaal van eene aanmerkelijke luchtreis en nieuwe planeetontdekking (1813).
• Herbert, Frank, Dune (1965).
•  —, Dune Messiah (1970).
• Hergé, De scepter van Ottokar (series Tintin) (Casterman, 1947, graphic novel).
• Hesse, Hermann, Reis naar het morgenland (Bezige Bij, 1932).
•  —, Het Kralenspel (Bezige Bij, 1943).
• LeGuin, Ursula K., Earthsea (various books) (1968).
•  —, The Left Hand Of Darkness (1969).
•  —, The Dispossessed (1974).
• Lindsay, David, A Voyage To Arcturus (Bert Bakker, 1920).
• Morris, William, The Well at the World's End (Bert Bakker, 1896).
• Pavić, Milorad, Het Chazaars woordenboek (Bert Bakker, 1989).
• Tolkien, J.R.R., The Hobbit (Unwin, 1937).
•  —, The Lord Of The Rings (Unwin, 1955).
•  —, The Adventures Of Tom Bombadil (Unwin, 1962).
•  —, On Fairy-Stories (Unwin, 1964).
•  —, The Silmarillion (completed by Christopher Tolkien, Unwin, 1977).
•  —, Unfinished Tales (published by Christopher Tolkien, Unwin, 1980).
•  —, The Shaping Of Middle-Earth (published by Christopher Tolkien, Unwin, 1986).
•  —, many other books (published by Christopher Tolkien).
• Tweehuysen, Rolandt, Uit in Spokanië (Ploegsma, 1982).
• Vance, Jack, Tschai (four books) (1968-1970).
  
  

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