Nippon 2357

Description:

Thomas Redburn, American expatriate living in Japan, falls down drunk one night and wakes up onboard a time machine flying to 24th century Japan. His benign abductors take him to a nearly perfect world. Yet, separated by centuries from his wife and children, his grief multiplies as he faces universal happiness. A classic utopian novel with a Japanese twist.

subjects: utopian literature,  Japan,  ecosocialism,  time travel

Places: Japan

Times: The future,  2357 CE