TY - BOOK AU - Bellamy,Edward TI - Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 AV - PS PY - 1996/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Science fiction KW - Utopias -- Fiction KW - Social problems -- Fiction KW - Time travel -- Fiction KW - Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction KW - Utopian fiction KW - Two thousand, A.D. -- Fiction N1 - Sequel: Equality; Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward; Release date is 1996-08-01; Produced by Charles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887" by Edward Bellamy is a utopian science fiction novel published in 1888. When Julian West falls into a hypnotic sleep in 1887 Boston, he awakens 113 years later to find America transformed into a socialist utopia. Through conversations with his guide, Doctor Leete, West discovers a radically reimagined society where industry is nationalized, goods are equally distributed, and citizens retire at 45. This bestselling novel sparked a political mass movement and inspired over 162 discussion clubs across America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/624 ER -