Utopia regained in some way or other. One way might be a quest for an "earthly paradise"—a place like Shangri-La, hidden in the Tibetan mountains and described by James Hilton in his utopian novel "Lost Horizon" (1933). Christopher Columbus followed directly in this tradition in his belief that he had found the Garden of Eden when, towards the end of the 15th century, he first encountered the New World and its indigenous inhabitants. Utopia A utopia ( ) is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. The opposite of a utopia is
Paradise Lost in popular culture Paradise Lost in popular culture "Paradise Lost" has had a profound impact on writers, artists and illustrators, and, in the twentieth century, filmmakers. A 41 15-minute episode production by Adrian Mitchell was broadcast in 1992 on BBC Radio 4, with Denis Quilley as Milton, Ian McDiarmid as Satan, Linus Roache as Adam, Robert Glenister as Christ, Matthew Morgan as Beelzebub, Mark Straker as Michael and Federay Holmes as Eve. This production was re-broadcast in 2010 on BBC Radio 7. A 12-part reading by Anton Lesser was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 from 22 December 2008 to 2 January 2009. A