I bought a book at dollar tree called arch-conspirator that was a retelling of Antigone but takes place in this dystopian future Earth. It was so good!
To put things in perspective: This book was published in 1895, when HG Wells was 29 years old. Albert Einstein's theory of relativity was proposed in 1905, 10 years later Vladimir Lenin succeeded in the Soviet Revolution in 1917, before which there was no "communist country" on earth. HG Wells became a "Russophile" and had met Lenin and interviewed Stalin he died in 1946, by which time WW2 was over.
I've been to Slains Castle on the east coast of Scotland which is said to be the castle Stoker used to describe Dracula's castle. In it's current ruined state it feels like a place that a vampire would live. Winston Churchill stayed there once when it was still in use. The small fishing village of Cruden Bay is nearby where Stoker lived for a short while to write the novel.
High school didn't start yet and my future school sent me as a homework this book (and a raisin in the sun by hansberry) to read and summarize... so nice 😃
