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