Long ago, in what seems like another lifetime, I Was A Teenage Anarchist. In 1983 or 1984, I found in my local radical bookshop a little pamphlet called "The Retreat from Liberty", by one Michael Moorcock - a name familiar from the fantasy books I'd begun to devour from the age of 11.
It was inspirational writing, and probably had a bigger influence on my politics at the time than anything else: cue years of opposition to Thatcher in particular, and now the corporate takeover of our lives.
Of course, I was keen to spread the message - and so lent my copy to someone, who never returned it. Not once, but three times! So my question is whether we're ever likely to see a reprint - perhaps even in an updated form - and if not, is there any chance of RFL being released on the Web?
It was inspirational writing, and probably had a bigger influence on my politics at the time than anything else: cue years of opposition to Thatcher in particular, and now the corporate takeover of our lives.
Of course, I was keen to spread the message - and so lent my copy to someone, who never returned it. Not once, but three times! So my question is whether we're ever likely to see a reprint - perhaps even in an updated form - and if not, is there any chance of RFL being released on the Web?
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