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Edward Bellamy

Lifespan
1850 – 1898
Nationality
American
Active
1886 – 1897
Works held
8

Edward Bellamy (1850–1898) wrote Looking Backward: 2000–1887 (1888), a utopian novel imagining a cooperative, socialised America of the year 2000. It was a sensation, one of the best-selling books of its century, spawning ‘Nationalist Clubs’ and a real political movement. As foundational utopian science fiction, its influence on how the genre imagines better futures is enormous.

The works

  1. 1897
    Cover of Equality Equality Cover of Yhdenvertaisuus Yhdenvertaisuus
  2. 1889
    Cover of To Whom This May Come To Whom This May Come Cover of With The Eyes Shut With The Eyes Shut
  3. 1888
    Cover of Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 Cover of Looking Backward: 2000-1887 Looking Backward: 2000-1887 Cover of Vuonna 2000: Katsaus vuoteen 1887 Vuonna 2000: Katsaus vuoteen 1887
  4. 1886
    Cover of The Blindman's World The Blindman's World

Wrote across

1880s1890s

Recurring themes

UtopiaSocial SFPsychic Powers

Kindred authors shared themes

Bryce WaltonC. M. KornbluthA. K. RuhAlan CoganAlan Edward NourseAlbert HernhuterAlfred Charles MichaudAlfred Coppel

Contemporaries writing in the same era

H. G. WellsMark TwainWilliam MorrisJules VerneLuis SenarensAndrew LangFrank R. StocktonLewis CarrollGeorges Le FaureH. de Graffigny

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