Generally considered to be &quot;the earliest of the modern dystopian&quot; fiction, it chronicles the rise of an&nbsp;oligarchic&nbsp;tyranny in the United States. In&nbsp;<i>The Iron Heel</i>, Jack London&#39;s&nbsp;socialist&nbsp;views are explicitly on display. A forerunner of&nbsp;soft science fiction&nbsp;novels and stories of the 1960s and &#39;70s, the book stresses future changes in society and politics while paying much less attention to technological changes.