![]() ![]() Many in this part of America have long been more enthusiastic about their ties to Asia than those with the rest of the country. ![]() These two books, which have acquired something of a cult following, chronicle-largely approvingly-the emergence of a future green nation along the country's northwest coast.Īptly described by Callenbach as "an empire apart," this region is, in real life, among the world's most scenic and blessed by nature. In 1975 Ernest Callenbach, an author based in Berkeley, Calif., published a sci-fi novel about enviro-secessionists called Ecotopia a prequel, Ecotopia Rising, came out in 1981. But if things turn sour for the present majority in Washington, you should expect a whole new wave of separatism to emerge on the greenish left coast. ![]() In this era of tea-partying revolutionary-era dress-ups, one usually associates secessionism with the far right. ![]()
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