Richard Michaelis 2 hr 3 min read

A pointed rebuttal to Edward Bellamy's socialist utopia, arguing that beneath its shimmering promises lies nothing but naked communism.

Richard Michaelis's 1891 German novel ('A Look Into the Future') was written as a direct answer to Bellamy's hugely popular 'Looking Backward,' recasting its utopia as dystopia. Polemical, fascinating period SF. Read it for a founding entry in the utopia-versus-dystopia debate that Bellamy's book set ablaze worldwide.

In its time

Published in 1891, during the 1890s, wells arrives.

Reading it

2 hr 3 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).