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Julian West, letzter Spross einer alten Kaufmannsfamilie, ist mit der Bürgertochter Edith Bartlett verlobt, und wenn ständig neue Streiks nicht die Fertigstellung seines neuen Hauses vor den Toren Bostons verhinderten, hätte er seine Verlobte längst geheiratet. Da Julian regelmäßig an extremer Schlaflosigkeit leidet, lässt er sich am 13. Mai 1887 im feuerfesten Kellerraum seines Stadthauses von dem Magnetiseur und Quacksalber «Dr.» Pillsbury in eine tiefe Trance versetzen, aus der ihn sein Diener Sawyer am nächsten Morgen wecken soll. Als Julian dann wirklich erwacht, ist nicht nur eine Nacht vergangen, sondern ganze 113 Jahre. Offenbar ist Julians Haus nach seinem Einschlafen niedergebrannt und der Diener dabei umgekommen. Jetzt schreibt man das Jahr 2000. Doktor Leete, ein pensionierter Arzt, hat Julians Schutzraum bei Bauarbeiten in seinem Garten entdeckt und nimmt den zuerst ungläubigen jungen Mann in seinem Haus auf. In den folgenden Tagen lernt Julian das schöne neue Amerika des Jahres 2000 kennen.

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First published in 1888, “Looking Backward: 2000-1887” is the highly influential work of utopian science fiction by American journalist Edward Bellamy. In the years following the American Civil War a growth in inequality led to an increase in social and economic turmoil. The rise of ever larger and less competitive firms was causing wages to stagnate and created an appetite amongst the populace for solutions to help mitigate the negative effects of an unrestrained and increasingly plutocratic form of capitalism. This appetite gave rise to a popular new literary genre, the utopian socialist novel, of which “Looking Backward” is arguably one of the most famous examples of. It is the story of young Julian West who is induced by hypnosis into a deep 113 year sleep. When he awakes in the year 2000 he finds that America has been transformed into a socialist utopia. Upon waking West readily encounters Doctor Leete, who explains to him what has transpired since he has slept. Society through a combination of technological advancement and the nationalization of the productive capacity of the United States has become a world in which people work together in mutual cooperation and harmony. “Looking Backward” was one of the best-selling novels of the 19th century, one which would inspire a large number of people to promote more socialistic public policies. This edition includes an introduction by Sylvester Baxter.

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First published in 1888, Looking Backward was one of the most popular novels of its day. Translated into more than 20 languages, its utopian fantasy influenced such thinkers as John Dewey, Thorstein Veblen, Eugene V. Debs, and Norman Thomas. Writing from a 19th century perspective and poignantly critical of his own time, Bellamy advanced a remarkable vision of the future, including such daring predictions as the existence of radio, television, motion pictures, credit cards, and covered pedestrian malls.On the surface, the novel is the story of time-traveler Julian West, a young Bostonian who is put into a hypnotic sleep in the late 19th century, and awakens in the year 2000 in a socialist utopia. In conversations with the doctor who awakened him, he discovers a brilliantly realized vision of an ideal future, one that seemed unthinkable in his own century. Crime, war, personal animosity, and want are nonexistent. Equality of the sexes is a fact of life. In short, a messianic state of brotherly love is in effect.Entertaining, stimulating, and thought-provoking, Looking Backward, with its ingenious plot and appealing socialism, is a provocative study of human society as it is and as it might be.

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"Looking Backward: 2000-1887" is considered to be one of the greatest and most widely read of the utopian novels. It is the story of a young gentleman from Boston who mysteriously wakes from a sleep of over a hundred years to find himself transplanted to a utopian futuristic world. This future world is one of prosperity, cooperation, and harmony. Edward Bellamy's classic novel inspired a rebirth of the utopian novel genre and has been an inspiration to the many forward-looking thinkers who have read it.

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This Megapack collects 20 of Edward Bellamy's novels and short stories – including his classic political science fiction novel, LOOKING BACKWARDS, and its sequel, EQUALITY. Complete contents: <P> LOOKING BACKWARD<BR> EQUALITY<BR> THE BLINDMAN’S WORLD<BR> DR. HEIDENHOFF’S PROCESS<BR> MISS LUDINGTON’S SISTER<BR> AN ECHO OF ANTIETAM<BR> THE DUKE OF STOCKBRIDGE<BR> WITH THE EYES SHUT<BR> A LOVE STORY REVERSED<BR> LOST<BR> TO WHOM THIS MAY COME<BR> HOOKING WATERMELONS<BR> TWO DAYS’ SOLITARY IMPRISONMENT<BR> A POSITIVE ROMANCE<BR> DESERTED<BR> THE COLD SNAP<BR> THE OLD FOLKS' PARTY<BR> AT PINNEY'S RANCH<BR> POTTS'S PAINLESS CURE<BR> A SUMMER EVENING’S DREAM <P> And don't forget to search this ebook store for «Wildside Megapack» (or just Megapack if Wildside Megapack doesn't work) to see all the entries in the Megapack series – including volumes of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, westerns, and much, much more!

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LOOKING BACKWARD: 2000-1887 is a utopian science fiction novel by Edward Bellamy, a journalist and writer from Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts; it was first published in 1888. It was the third-largest bestseller of its time. It influenced a large number of intellectuals. Erich Fromm writes «It is one of the few books ever published that created almost immediately on its appearance a political mass movement.» Bellamy's novel tells the story of a hero figure named Julian West, a young American who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up one hundred and thirteen years later. He finds himself in the same location (Boston, Massachusetts), but in a totally changed world: It is the year 2000 and, while he was sleeping, the United States has been transformed into a socialist utopia. The remainder of the book outlines Bellamy's thoughts about improving the future. The major themes include problems associated with capitalism, a proposed socialist solution of a nationalization of all industry, the use of an «industrial army» to organize production and distribution, as well as how to ensure free cultural production under such conditions. In the United States alone, over 162 «Bellamy Clubs» sprang up to discuss and propagate the book's ideas. Owing to its commitment to the nationalization of private property and the desire to avoid use of the odious term «Socialism,» this political movement came to be known as «Nationalism» -not to be confused with the political concept of nationalism. The novel also inspired several utopian communities. (more on www.wisehouse-classics.com)

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