Equality

by Edward Bellamy

Series: Looking Backward series (2)

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Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML: This sequel to the hugely popular utopian novel Looking Backward delves more deeply into the unique philosophical principles upon which Bellamy based his imagined society. The rich and detailed account of everyday life in a perfect world -- touching on aspects of living ranging from clothing to currency -- is sure to spark the imagination of any reader who has ever stopped to ponder how things could be better. .… (more)

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This will only be interesting to you if you want to get deeper into the mechanics of the society depicted in Looking Backward. There is a chapter, as I recall, titled "The Economic Suicide of the Profit Motive" or something to that effect. You have been warned. (

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Equality: In the Year 2000 by Mack Reynolds

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This sequel to the hugely popular utopian novel Looking Backward delves more deeply into the unique philosophical principles upon which Bellamy based his imagined society. The rich and detailed account of everyday life in a perfect world -- touching on aspects of living ranging from clothing to currency -- is sure to spark the imagination of any reader who has ever stopped to ponder how things could be better.

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