The Islands of Wisdom

The Islands of Wisdom: The Story of an Adventurous Expedition
Author	Alexander Moszkowski
Original title	Die Inseln der Weisheit: Geschichte einer abenteuerlichen Entdeckungsfahrt
Language	German
Subject	Social and political ideas of European philosophy / utopias
Genre	Science fiction, satire
Set in	Berlin and Pacific Islands
Publication date	1922
Publication place	Weimar Republic

Die Inseln der Weisheit (The Islands of Wisdom) is a 1922 novel by Alexander Moszkowski that features expeditions to various utopian and dystopian islands that embody various social-political ideas of European philosophy and extrapolates them for their absurdities when they are put into practice.^[1]

The novel's "island of technology" Sarragalla anticipates mobile telephones and a thorough mechanization of life.^[1]

The satire of utopias also reproduces the society described in Plato's The Republic.^[2]

Characters

Alexander Moszkowski, author and first-person narrator
Donath Flohr, friend of the narrator
Mr. Mac Lintock, multimillionaire from Chicago
Eva Mac Lintock, his niece
Ralph Kreyher, captain of the ship Atalanta
Geo Rotteck, ship's officer
Dr. Melchior Wehner, ship's doctor

References

^ ^a ^b Rottensteiner, Franz (31 December 2008). The Black Mirror and Other Stories: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Germany & Austria. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-6831-1. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
^ Stableford, Brian M. (2006). Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 378. ISBN 9780415974608. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

External links

Die Inseln der Weisheit (First edition) by Internet Archive (German)
Die Inseln der Weisheit by Projekt Gutenberg-DE (German)

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[blackmirror-1] Rottensteiner, Franz (31 December 2008). The Black Mirror and Other Stories: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Germany & Austria. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-6831-1. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

[2] Stableford, Brian M. (2006). Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 378. ISBN 9780415974608. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

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