Jack London

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. Anthony Meredith, a scholar in about the year 2600 AD (or 419 B. O. M. - the Brotherhood of Man), annotates the "Everhard Manuscript", an account that chronicles the years from 1912 to 1932 when the great "Iron Heel" oligarchy rose to power in the United States.

On the eve of their wedding, twenty-year-old Jack Fleming arranges a secret ringside seat for his sweetheart to view her only rival: the "game." Through Genevieve's apprehensive eyes, we watch the prizefight that pits her fair young lover, "the Pride of West Oakland," against the savage and brutish John Ponta and that reveals as much about her own nature, and Joe's, as it does about the force that drives the two men in their violent, fateful encounter.

'The War of the Classes', is a compilation of essays that sets out London's views regarding the subject. Much of its contents will be familiar to those on the Left, but even veteran radicals will find London's expression of these issues refreshing, such is his writing style. Regarding the substance of the book, there are two areas where London was ahead of his time, and raised questions which are pertinent to ours. The first is the possibility of capitalism enduring in the form of an oligarchy (a 'benevolent feudalism') - which seems to describe the current situation all too well. The other is the problem of how the human race is to be improved if even the weak and worthless members are nurtured, cared for and permitted to reproduce - as would invariably happen in a socialist society (an issue which seems to have been on the mind of Friedrich Nietzsche among others). These and other issues raised by the book make it quite thought-provoking. The last chapter of the work is perhaps the most moving, as it describes how the rugged individualist became a socialist - a transformation that presages that of mankind in general. They provide a deep insight into not just the author's character, but to that of humankind in general. All in all, this is a classic description, critique and answer to the capitalist system: one that is well worth reading.

Martin Eden (1909) is a novel by American author Jack London, about a struggling young writer. This book is a favorite among writers, who relate to Martin Eden's speculation that when he mailed off a manuscript, 'there was no human editor at the other end, but a mere cunning arrangement of cogs that changed the manuscript from one envelope to another and stuck on the stamps, ' returning it automatically with a rejection slip. While some readers believe there is some resemblance between them, an important difference between Jack London and Martin Eden is that Martin Eden rejects socialism (attacking it as 'slave morality'), and relies on a Nietzschean individualism. In a note to Upton Sinclair, Jack London wrote, "One of my motifs, in this book, was an attack on individualism (in the person of the hero). I must have bungled, for not a single reviewer has discovered it."

Nacido del cruce de un San Bernardo con una perra escocesa de pastor, Buck vive en las tibias tierras del Sur como due o indiscutible de la casa y la granja del juez Miller. Pero en el oto o de 1894, cuando el descubrimiento de los yacimientos aur feros de Klondike arrastra hacia los hielos de Alaska a hombres de todas partes del globo, Buck es productivamente vendido y enviado al Norte. Sin ser ya acariciado ni respetado, en un pa s salvaje y hostil, se ve obligado a doblegarse a la ley primitiva del garrote y el l tigo, a soportar los arreos y a tirar del trineo del correo del gobierno canadiense. Sus m sculos se hacen duros como el hierro, se despierta en l el instinto primordial de las antiguas generaciones, y su grito se convierte en "la inarticulada voz de la lucha por la existencia".

Though most of Jack London's novels and short stories fall firmly into the action-adventure category, the prolific author occasionally ventured into other genres, as well. Although The Red One, like many of London's tales, is set among an indigenous tribe, the story -- which details the discovery of a strange object of worship which seems to have originated in another world -- contains some fascinating themes that will please fans of science fiction and supernatural writing, as well. Contents: - The Red One - The Hussy - Like Argus of the Ancient Times - The Princess