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Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
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it was ok
bookshelves: classics, fantasy, fiction, satire, sci-fi

Yawn.
And overly didactic. Presenting a future VERY anti-Ayn Rand and VERY unrealistic, with condescending explanations to illustrate and satirize the ills of that society and the society it could have been.
And the twist at the end. While this book was written long before this twist was a cliche, it still felt like I was cheated.
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September 25, 2015 – Finished Reading
January 13, 2016 – Shelved
January 13, 2016 – Shelved as: classics
January 13, 2016 – Shelved as: fantasy
January 13, 2016 – Shelved as: fiction
January 13, 2016 – Shelved as: satire
January 13, 2016 – Shelved as: sci-fi

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