Looking Backward, by Bellamy, Edward

I am a big fan of utopia stories in SF, but I must say, other than Edward Bellamy's 1887 tome Looking Backward: 2000-1887, I am not aware of any others that actually germinated into a political movement. People have been looking for a better way of life for thousands of years. Bellamy takes an entertaining pass as describing the psychological and sociological changes that would have to take place before we reach that fabled Promised Land. And though the story is both entertaining and t[…]

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