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ladyday540 's review for:
Looking Backward: 2000-1887
by Edward Bellamy
I understand that this book has historical and literary significance, and I appreciate the way in which Bellamy both implicates his time (and, refreshingly, himself) AND sees within that time a ground for revolution. But not even my affection for 19th century sentimentality and precursors to modern genre fiction can make up for the fact that this book was moralizing and monotonous. Not to mention that a society organized as an army, in which small groups of "fit" individuals make decisions for everyone else and cultural normalization is the basis for social stability, is not my idea of a utopia. Side note: it's called fascism.