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Apparitions Of Things To Come: Edward Bellamy's Tales Of Mystery & Imagination

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I was intrigued with Bellamy's "Looking Backward" and, besides the utopian philosophy, was fascinated by his technological visions. This book contains nine (9) short stories and an appendix with "Plots for Stories." According to the introduction, "each tale challenges the conventional, reified notions of reality, behavior, society or human nature." I'm not sure about that. Five of the stories seem to fit that bill, while the other four seemed merely Victorian in nature. Either way, the introduction was definitely detailed and informative.

The title, "Apparitions of Things to Come," is not really accurate either. There didn't seem to be many visionary tales. There was only one tale which definitely fit in the technological vision category. But, I would have bought a used version just to have read it.