My Affairs

by Nathan J. Robinson

According to robisnon it is the strangest thing he has ever written: an absurdist fictionalized memoir by his 87-year-old self about how they built the Socialist Utopia. It's subtitled "A Memoir of the Magazine Industry 2016-2076"

210 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 2019

Reviews

[Matt]

Witty, imaginative, precise, generous, morally rigorous, a Looking Backward for today's world.

[Alex]

Difficult to know how to categorize this - utopian science fiction? Wodehousian light comedy? Sheer wishful thinking? - but it's pretty entertaining, regardless. Very much a spiritual successor to Upton Sinclair's I, Governor of California, and How I Ended Poverty.

[George Pollard]

am i happy or am i sad? i don’t know

[Michael Barnes]

absolutely unnecessary but still fun, and I think that's the point.

[Daniel]

In 'My Memoirs', Nathan J. Robinson, editor of Current Events, a socialist magazine, presents a nuanced exploration of historical fiction, absurd humor, and revolutionary manifesto. Through this lens, he imagines a world where socialism has triumphed, nuclear weapons have been eradicated, and the principles of art, architecture, and economy have been reimagined. A world where humanity is saved from the impending threat of climate catastrophe and where dignity and happiness are in abundance. It's a generous and compelling dream of a potential future, one that is worth contemplating in an unfortunately barren landscape of utopian literature. Though, I'd suggest paring down many of the insipid anecdotes about a fictional magazine trade.