"A Crystal Age," written with the aid of W. H. Hudson, is a splendid and visionary work of speculative fiction that transports readers to a far off and utopian future. Published in 1887, the novel introduces us to a global in which humanity has evolved beyond its cutting-edge state of lifestyles, attaining a harmonious and idyllic society. Hudson's narrative begins with the protagonist, a nineteenth-century man, who stumbles upon an historical, crystalline...