 The utopian "News from Nowhere" by William Morris is mainly the account of a journey through the Thames valley in a socialist future.The Thames also features prominently in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, as a communications artery for the waterborne Gyptian people of Oxford and the Fens, and as a prominent setting for his novel La Belle Sauvage.In "The Deptford Mice" trilogy by Robin Jarvis, the Thames appears several times.