Herman Hine Brinsmade
Herman Hine Brinsmade (September 17, 1876 - April 11, 1968) was an American writer. He wrote the 1912 science fiction novel Utopia Achieved about a futuristic New York City.
Brinsmade was born in Connecticut. He graduated from Cornell University.[1] He married Carlie G. Rea of Nashville in 1907 while he was working at a newspaper in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[2] He worked for the News-Star-World in Monroe, Louisiana and had a column titled Jus' Ramblin'. He died while at a sanitarium recovering from an auto accident and was buried at the Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe. His daughter became a teacher in Monroe.
His book Utopia Achieved was set in 1960 and had a storyline that advocated for the single tax.[3] The story described a city of the future where people ate an efficient vegetarian diet.[4]
The futuristic New York City depicted in his novel evoked Charles Lamb's multi-level city.[5] The story described a failed socialism in New Zealand and fsvored a single tax system.[6] The book is described as a "primary text" innthe utopian catalogue in on journal.[7]
He edited a 1957 book about Eldred K. Means with a collection of his speeches.
Works
[edit]- Utopia Achieved: A Novel of the Future (1912),
- For the Good of the Party, Or, The Fortunes of "the Blackville Star" (1916)[8][9][10]
- "Real Poured Houses" Technical World Magazine (1911)[11]
- Sunset Gun; the public addresses of Eldred K. Means (Eldred K. Means)[12]
References
[edit]- ^ University, Cornell (May 5, 1884). "Commencement" – via Google Books.
- ^ "Herman Hine Brinsmade marriage?". The Tennessean. September 26, 1907. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Cornell Alumni News". May 5, 1912 – via Google Books.
- ^ Belasco, Warren James (May 5, 2006). Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Food. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520241510 – via Google Books.
- ^ Pearman, Hugh (December 23, 2004). Airports: A Century of Architecture. Laurence King Publishing. ISBN 9781856693561 – via Google Books.
- ^ Claeys, Gregory (November 17, 2016). Dystopia: A Natural History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-108861-2 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Annals of Scholarship". Annals of Scholarship, Incorporated. December 23, 1987 – via Google Books.
- ^ Brinsmade, Herman Hine (May 5, 1916). "For the Good of the Party, Or, The Fortunes of "the Blackville Star"". Sherman, French – via Google Books.
- ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Books. Part, group 1". Library of Congress, Copyright Office. May 5, 1917 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Publishers Weekly". R.R. Bowker Company. December 23, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Illustrated World ..." American School of Correspondence at Armour Institute of Technology. December 23, 1911 – via Google Books.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (December 23, 1959). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1958: January-June". Copyright Office, Library of Congress – via Google Books.
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