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THE MODERN UTOPIAN Vol. 3, #2 (Berkeley, CA: Winter 1968-1969).
4to. Unpaginated (44pp.). Illustrated. Ed./pub. Dick Fairfield. "In this issue - Yoga of Love, Sexual Fascists, Nudism, Total Sexuality & other really good stuff", including an article by Jefferson Poland reprinted from Intercourse #3.
A loosely inserted single sheet of pink paper printed by the recently formed Group Marriage Community at Harrad West in San Francisco invites readers to "Tell us about yourself, whether single or couple, children if any, and what you might expect of group marriage."
Other articles include Joyce Gardner (a key figure in the anarchist movement) on her move to the Cold Mountain Community in Vermont in 1967; "Notes from New Mexico" (4pp.), including 12 photographs illustrating various forms of shelter (domes, tipis, etc.); a 2pp. feature on Eros Free, the "Official Publication of the Society for the Emancipation of Sex in America" + Statement of Purpose; a lengthy essay on "Stranger in a Strange Land" (the religious movement in Robert Heinlein's novel featured communal groups, and his book, which acquired a cult following, contains an early description of the waterbed, an invention that took off in 1971 when San Francisco inventor Charles Hall founded Innerspace Environments to manufacture them); the Heathcote School of Living Community in Freeland, Maryland ("A libertarian decentralist prospective emphasizing the Green Revolution"); "Utopia: Worldwide Resources Integrated By The Computer", a short extract from "This is Your Grand Strategy" by Buckminster Fuller; a lengthy review of Herbert Marcuse's "One Dimensional Man" (reprinted from Peace News); "Resistance Communes"; community news, book and record reviews + Gurney Norman's full-page review of the recently published debut edition of the Whole Earth Catalog ("a remarkable and important achievement"), subsequent editions of which he contributed to.
Staples slightly rusty, o/w Near Fine; Harrad West printed sheet slightly edge-worn.
