Utopian Classic! Set in the year 2000, the book is a futuristic novel of three utopias: a Christian heaven on Saturn; an Eden-like new world on Jupiter; and a technologically-oriented, libertarian paradise on Earth. John Jacob Astor, the great-grandson of the famous financier, was one of the wealthiest men on earth, with assets of $100 million (compared to J.P. Morgan, who had only $30 million).