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Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream

John Kendrick Bangs

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John Kendrick Bangs takes Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and turns it into a political satire in many ways as fresh, keen and relevant today as it was a hundred years ago.
just runs on forever."

"Doesn't it stop anywhere?" cried Alice in amazement.

"It stops everywhere," said the Hatter. "What I mean is it hasn't any ends at all. It's just one big circular car that runs all around the city and joins itself where it began in the beginning. We call it the M. O. Express, M. O. standing for Municipal Ownership——"

"And Money Owed," laughed a[Pg 20] Weasel that sat on the other side of the car.

"PUT THAT FELLOW OFF""PUT THAT FELLOW OFF"

"Put that fellow off," said the March Hare indignantly. "Conductor—out with him."

The Conductor immediately threw the Weasel out of the window, as ordered, and the Hatter resumed.

"We call it the express because it is so fast," he continued.

"You'd hardly think it was going at all," observed Alice, as she noticed the entire lack of motion in the car.

"It isn't," said the Hatter. "It's built on a solid foundation and doesn't move[Pg 21] an inch, and yet at the same time it runs all around the city. It was my idea," he added proudly.

"But you said it was fast," protested Alice.

"And so it is, my child," said the Hatter kindly. "It's as fast as though it was glued down with mucilage. There's several ways of being fast, you know. Did you ever hear of the Ballade of the Nancy P. D. Q.?"

"No," said Alice.

"It's a Sea Song in B flat," said the Hatter. "I will sing it for you."

And placing his hat before his lips to give a greater mellowness to his voice, the Hatter sang:

THE BALLADE O

Diamond 02/05/2021
This is a great satire. The author uses all of the same charitors from Alice in Wonderland and talks about the moddern slip of our echonomy and culture into socialism. I recommend this book to all.
Pramod 11/30/2018
You see, Miss Alice, I made a personal study of collisions. The Mayor here ordered a fresh one every day for me to investigate, and I noticed that whenever two cars bunged into each other it was always at the ends and never in the middle. The conclusion was inevitable. The ends being the venerable s
Hákon 06/03/2016
This is one of those books that is written to warn its readers of the woes of communism. Think of Ayn Rand for something along similar lines. Unlike the only Rand book I've read so far, which is Anthem, this is actually pretty well written.

It's based on Lewis Carrols Alice in Wonderland, and all th
Steven 09/15/2015
Bangs has created a master piece of satire in this "Alice In Blunderland".
He goes on the premis of Alice In Wonderland and the Mad Hatter and the White Knight, from The Looking Glass, and the March Hare create a city that is perfect they say, but when Alice goes to visit it she finds that their are
Quirkyreader 06/18/2015
This book was a laugh riot. The Mad Hatter's personal lexicon was very a skewed and hilarious.
Rob 12/05/2011
Alice in Blunderland is a satire on communism, capitalism and the bad side of governance. I stumbled on this book and I don't understand why this is not very popular. Much to my surprise, this was first published in 1907; the lush commentary therein is much more incisive today than it was in 1907, n
JoAnn 04/29/2009
A political satire that rings true today.

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