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The dreary succession of randomly selected Kings of England is broken up when Auberon Quin, who cares for nothing but a good joke, is chosen. To amuse himself, he institutes elaborate costumes for the provosts of the districts of London. All are bored by the King's antics except for one earnest young man who takes the cry for regional pride seriously – Adam Wayne, the eponymous Napoleon of Notting Hill. Although the novel is set in the future, it is, in effect, set in an alternative reality of Chesterton's own period, with no advances in technology nor changes in the class system nor…mehr
The dreary succession of randomly selected Kings of England is broken up when Auberon Quin, who cares for nothing but a good joke, is chosen. To amuse himself, he institutes elaborate costumes for the provosts of the districts of London. All are bored by the King's antics except for one earnest young man who takes the cry for regional pride seriously – Adam Wayne, the eponymous Napoleon of Notting Hill. Although the novel is set in the future, it is, in effect, set in an alternative reality of Chesterton's own period, with no advances in technology nor changes in the class system nor attitudes. It postulates an impersonal government, not described in any detail, but apparently content to operate through a figurehead king, randomly chosen.
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English author, poet, critic, and newspaper columnist known for his brilliant, epigrammatic paradoxes. His best-known character is the priest-detective Father Brown, featured in over fifty stories published between 1910 and 1936, who solves mysteries and crimes thanks to his understanding of spiritual and philosophic truths; and his best-known novel is The Man Who Was Thursday (1908), a metaphysical thriller. In addition to The Napoleon of Notting Hill, his first novel, he wrote several other near-future satires of England. Madeline Ashby is the author of the Machine Dynasty series and the novel Company Town, as well as a contributor to How to Future: Leading and Sense-Making in an Age of Hyperchange. She has developed science fiction prototypes for Changeist, the Institute for the Future, the Smithsonian Institution, SciFutures, Nesta, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the Atlantic Council, and others.
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Series Foreword ix Introduction: Dystopias Are Problems Plus Time xv Madeline Ashby Book I I Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy 3 II The Man in Green 9 III The Hill of Humor 31 Book II I The Charter of the Cities 43 II The Council of the Provosts 55 III Enter a Lunatic 69 Book III I The Mental Condition of Adam Wayne 87 II The Remarkable Mr. Turnbull 103 III The Experiment of Mr. Buck 115 Book IV I The Battle of the Lamps 135 II The Correspondent of the "Court Journal" 151 III The Great Army of South Kensington 163 Book V I The Empire of Notting Hill 189 II The Last Battle 205 III Two Voices 215
Series Foreword ix Introduction: Dystopias Are Problems Plus Time xv Madeline Ashby Book I I Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy 3 II The Man in Green 9 III The Hill of Humor 31 Book II I The Charter of the Cities 43 II The Council of the Provosts 55 III Enter a Lunatic 69 Book III I The Mental Condition of Adam Wayne 87 II The Remarkable Mr. Turnbull 103 III The Experiment of Mr. Buck 115 Book IV I The Battle of the Lamps 135 II The Correspondent of the "Court Journal" 151 III The Great Army of South Kensington 163 Book V I The Empire of Notting Hill 189 II The Last Battle 205 III Two Voices 215
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