There are echoes of 1984 in Jordan's Merrie England-2,000 . The Ministry of Harmony is responsible for the administration of a wonder drug called Harmonine. This wonderful product caused excruciating pain whenever the brain registered the slightest disharmonious thought, thus administering a commendable punishment in the course of inducing better habits of thinking for the future. Whites go on processions in the manner of the flagellanti of the Middle Ages, beating themselves for the sinfulness of being white. Incorrigible racialists are labotomised.
Books disappear from libraries.
This satire was written before the release of Schindler's List in a fanfare of publicity, with free showings for the impressionable young and compulsory viewing in many schools, disrespectful Black school-children in one case reported in the U.S. being made to see the film twice, the second time without laughing. Dancing in rings of harmony in schools wouldn't surprise me at all. This book will not disappear from libraries as it will not be allowed to appear in one in the first place. As for labotomy, be suspicious of little men in white coats calling at your door. Easy to read, this book deserves wide circulation.