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Forbidden World

David Bischoff; Ted White (1978)

SubgenreSpace Opera
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13+
Goodreads3.25

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

CaptivityDeception

Positive tags

MysteryAdventureSelf-Discovery

Tropes

Space OperaFirst ContactLost ColonyUtopia Gone WrongHostile PlanetForbidden KnowledgeFish out of WaterPlanetary Romance

Themes

Utopian IdealsHidden TruthsCultural ClashFreedom vs ControlSocietal PerfectionDiscovery and Exploration

Synopsis

​FOR UNTOLD CENTURIES HUMANITY DREAMED 0F REALITIES LIKE THESE... —an ideal agrarian community, run by women and ruled by love and harmony, —a city-state that mirrored history’s most famous utopian vision, —a society aglow with the wit and style that only Regency England had briefly achieved. All were real. All were flourishing. All were waiting to astound and entrap four space voyagers from Earth who had violated all odds by landing on this unknown planet, and who now broke all its laws to learn the terrifying secret of the FORBIDDEN WORLD

Tags

Social SFUtopian FictionAdventureMystery