Earthworks (novel)

Earthworks (novel)

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name = Earthworks
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image_caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover)
author = Brian Aldiss
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Faber & Faber
release_date = 1965
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media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 155 pp
isbn = NA
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followed_by = "Earthworks" is a 1965 dystopian science fiction novel by prolific British science fiction author Brian Aldiss.

Plot introduction

The novel is set in a world of environmental catastrophe and extreme socio-economic inequality. Outside crowded cities controlled by a police state, a class of wealthy and powerful "Farmers" exploit a rural prison labor population and hunt down subversive "Travellers" who have broken free of social controls. The novel is considered influential as both "Travellers" and the idea of the Earthwork have become part of public life in Britain.

"Earthworks" and Land Art

In 1967, the artist Robert Smithson took a copy of "Earthworks" with him on a trip to the Passaic River in New Jersey (where he created "The Monuments of Passaic, 1967"). He reused the title to describe some of his works, based on natural materials like earth and rocks, and infused with his ideas about entropy and environmental catastrophe. [cite book
last = Tiberghien
first = Gilles
authorlink = Gilles Tiberghien
title = Land Art
publisher = Princeton Architectural Press
date = 1995
pages = 18
isbn = 156898040X ] Smithson went on to become the foremost figure in Land Art.

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