Looking Backward, 2000-1887

marleed Haha. You have a collection too! Someday we‘ll have to shop together! 4y

Crazeedi Awesome pic, love books like these! 4y

Eggs @Crazeedi Thanks! @marleed posted about how many HF covers include people from behind looking the other way.....ever notice that? (edited) 4y

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Crazeedi @Eggs yes I did see @marleed post, it's so strange, isn't it 4y

marleed @Crazeedi @Eggs. And I only included the books I physically own for WWII HF. I wonder how many I own if I searched my shelves across any genre. I am curious about the ubiquitous use of the backside view of longing stare. And when it‘s a single person or a trio. It‘s almost a story in itself! 4y

Crazeedi @marleed there has to be some reason for publishers to decide to do this. Wonder what it is 4y

Eggs Indeed! @marleed @crazeedi I‘m going to look through my shelves for these types of covers 4y

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tournevis

Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887 | Edward Bellamy

TNG epi 4.8 #FutureImperfect: Riker waking up 16 years in the future with a son, a captaincy and a wild case of WTF. Or does he? Simple plot, ok acting, GREAT aging makeup and BAD creature makeup (Lord, is the alien bad!). Not transcendant but fun.

My favourite waking-in-the-future story is one of the first: Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy (1888) is a socialist utopia that stands up better than many golden age SF.

#startreksummermay #day11

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suzisteffen Oh yes, Looking Backward is amazing. We actually read it in a history class at university. 5y

tournevis @suzisteffen I love it! 5y

suzisteffen @tournevis yeah, good socialist prof. ;) 5y

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tournevis @suzisteffen A prof after mine own heart! 5y

suzisteffen @tournevis #same 5y

Megabooks Lovely episode analysis! Interesting book. 👍🏻🖖🏻 5y

Megabooks Who doesn‘t like what Mom and I call skunk stripes in everyone‘s hair! 5y

tournevis @Megabooks I do! Seriously though, the aged makeup in this epi is better than in any other TNG epi. It's pretty bad in the finale, and Soong, gah! 5y

tournevis @Megabooks This book is great. In that future, you know who are the only true artists left, the last real celebrities? Hair dressers. 5y

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Skylandar

Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887 | Edward Bellamy

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I enjoyed the book. I like early science fiction that looks forward to our present day. Bellamy has a utopian view of the future, possibly starry eyed. I like his imagination of a future society in which the goal is for all people to be happy. Love the idea of the pneumatic goods transfer system and the sidewalks with deployable awnings; drawing a mental picture that stayed with me. Not overly scientific, but I still very much enjoyed it.

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Onceuponatime

Looking Backwards | Edward Bellamy

I was in a model home yesterday and was baffled when I saw the books shelved backwards. I don‘t get it? Does this make the home more stylish? SMH 🤦🏼‍♀️

WordyForever I think it‘s to make everything look more neutral 6y

emilyhaldi It does look somewhat aesthetically pleasing in this context... But I could never do it 🙃 6y

Reviewsbylola Lol I agree with @emilyhaldi in that it looks nice but I‘m dying to know what the actual books are. 😂 6y

UwannaPublishme @Reviewsbylola I'm with you. When no one was looking, I'd be turning those books around! 😂 6y

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tournevis

Looking Backward: 2000 - 1887 | Edward Bellamy