Iron Heel

[Richard Nixon]

Have any of you read The Iron Heel? I enjoyed reading it, despite disagreeing with the politics of the book.

[IcarusAngel]

Yes. It is one of my favorite of the dystopian novels. Really shows how conservative capitalist thinking can lead to fascism. I think, perhaps, Brave New World is one of the better written dystopian novels, but Iron Heel has a story line I enjoy.

The book has been available online (http://www.jacklondons.net/writings/IronHeel/toc.html) for quite some time now, and was also published by Penguin Classics:

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[trivas7]

Too bad London just happened to be a vulgar white supremacist racist; he would have ended up in OI.

[Richard Nixon]

Too bad London just happened to be a vulgar white supremacist racist; he would have ended up in OI.

Aren't racists here banned?

[Pogue]

He was ridiculously racist. I can't actually understand his racism, its really really wierd, having read some of the stuff he said.

He's like: Oh that black boxer was really good, really clever, really fast, but I can't support him because the white man is white and we must fight for the white race! Plus black people must be led like dogs.

Its like he was trolling with racism ot something.

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

"Ask a black man who he would support, and you'll hear the same from him."

Anyway, it was a different era. We know he was wrong, but that doesn't stop his Lit from being less worthy of reading.

[Bud Struggle]

"Ask a black man who he would support, and you'll hear the same from him."

Anyway, it was a different era. We know he was wrong, but that doesn't stop his Lit from being less worthy of reading.

You're BACK!

:thumbup:

[ZeroNowhere]

I have read it and did not enjoy it.