Erewhon

This was a very choppy read that would have been better served to be presented as a series of essay and cutting out the meager plot of unlikable overly-romantic characters.

The redeeming characteristic of this novel was the "Book of the Machines" and the look at mechanical evolution and the affect of what we would today call the technological singularity. It's strange to think that the author could look at the world of the 1870s and see the evolution of intelligent machines and humanity serving their needs.

Overall, I did not enjoy this book and was surprised that it is so much more widely read than The Coming Race, if you do want to get that early look at the technological singularity just read chapters 23-25 the rest isn't worth your time.