Born Again
Born Again is a utopian novel written by Alfred Lawson and originally published in 1904. It develops the tenets of the philosophy known as Lawsonomy.
In this work, Lawson expounds his ideas and thoughts on a number of subjects ranging from reincarnation, to anti-religion or vegetarianism. The author himself named the set of his ideas and called it Lawsonomy, which had a good number of followers.
It is narrated in a way in which one character is the one who exposes and explains Lawson's ideas to another character. The book was written while the author was a professional baseball player.
"Judging from my own experience it is my opinion that many strange and wonderful events have happened during the past in which man took part, that have never been recorded."
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Copyright note. Born Again by Alfred Lawson is believed to be in the public domain in the United States only. It may still be copyrighted in other countries. If you are not in the United States, please check your local laws to ensure this eBook is in the public domain in your country before downloading Born Again in PDF or EPUB.
- Pages
- 174
- Reading time
- 5 hours 5 minutes
- Pace
- Intermediate
- First published
- 1904
- Language
- English
- Downloads
- 2,469
122 years later, still timely
Why Read Born Again in 2026?
Utopian sci-fi from the workshop era: Lawson imagines social rebirth through radical reform and engineered virtue. It’s earnest, odd, and revealing about how we dream progress—and where those dreams tilt into dogma.
Today's connection
Between optimization culture and grand techno-fixes, this curious novel is a mirror: who defines “better,” and what gets flattened when systems claim to perfect us?
Lab of society
Experiments on living.
Ends vs means
Idealism stress-tested.
Early futurism
Prehistory of reform talk.
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About the author
Alfred Lawson
Aviation boosterism, utopian schemes, and oddball social theory in plain talk.
