Talk:Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's Destiny

Content removal
I have removed the following section from the page. There is no mention of any such work in the catalogues of either of the libraries and the claim is entirely unreferenced. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:00, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Really the first?
Although usually regarded as New Zealand's first science fiction novel, a case can be made for an earlier work published in two volumes by "The Resident" (believed to be Henry Honnor, a farmer and publican from south Canterbury). This work survives in only one or two copies held by research libraries such as the Hocken Library and the Alexander Turnbull Library.

Imperial Prime Minister?
Since its creation, this article has stated the Hilda Fitzherbert holds the role of "Imperial Prime Minister". Having read the text of the Gutenberg ebook, the Google Books scan of the third edition and the text of ebook at the Victoria University of Wellington, I can find no mention of her holding this role.

When first introduced (p. 37) she is described as "a young woman of about twenty-three years " and "Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs" in the Federal Parliament (parliament of the British Empire). After thwarting an insurrection led by Lord Reginald Paramatta (pp.159-162), Emperor Albert plans to make her a countess (p.170). Later after becoming fabulously wealthy, she is made Duchess of New Zealand and becomes "Lord President of the Board of Education" (p.216). Later still, she marries the Emperor and becomes Empress (p.305).

At no point, that I can see does Hilda Fitzherbert become Imperial Prime Minister. Throughout this whole period the Imperial Prime Minister is Mrs Hardinge (introduced as such, p. 47). Later, in the Epilogue, Lady Cairo is mentioned as having succeeded her as Prime Minister (p.315) at some point after Hilda becomes Empress.

This statement that Hilda Fitzherbert is "the young and charismatic Prime Minister of New Zealand" appears repeatedly in the blurb on booksellers websites for the Mint Editions version of the book (e.g. Google, Barnes & Noble, Foyles, Amazon), but she does not have that role in the book either. DavidCane (talk) 00:40, 28 November 2022 (UTC)