02442cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000400012624500210016626400510018730000470023833600260028533700260031133800360033750000310037350802060040452013450061053400710195565300120202685600470203885600430208572638UtSlPG20260610134659.0mcr n260607r20241951utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a51006302  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aHX1 aMichaud, Alfred Charles,d1876-197510aOur coming world 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2024  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2024-01-05  aAaron Adrignola, Tim Lindell, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)  a"Our Coming World" by Alfred Charles Michaud is a philosophical novel written in the early 1950s. The book presents a narrative critique of contemporary human society through the lens of an extraterrestrial encounter, ultimately exploring themes surrounding economic systems, humanitarianism, and the potential future of mankind. The story follows Lieutenant Fred Balmore, a pilot who becomes embroiled in an extraordinary incident that leads him to a Martian civilization, where he learns about their advanced yet utopian lifestyle.  At the start of the novel, the unnamed narrator encounters Fred Balmore during his daily walks, where he is struck by Balmore's melancholic demeanor on a park bench. Through patience and conversation, Balmore reveals the strange and surreal circumstances that led to his mental instability, stemming from a bizarre incident involving a Martian airship. As he begins to recount his experience aboard the Martian vessel, Balmore details the advanced technologies, social structures, and philosophical ideals of the Martian people, contrasting them sharply with the dysfunctions and injustices of life on Earth. The reader is thus invited to explore profound questions about humanity, morality, and what the world could become with a more humane economic system. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cPhiladelphia: World Publication Press, 1951  aUtopias4 uhttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.8909741005440uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72638