tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post3698499417486539819..comments2024-01-08T19:55:32.324-05:00Comments on Forgotten Bookmarks: Looking ForwardMichael Popekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06083697912791290450noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-27887043435968241222012-11-05T00:15:08.594-05:002012-11-05T00:15:08.594-05:00Ooh, nice! It looks like there was a paperback pr...Ooh, nice! It looks like there was a paperback printing a few years ago.Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-82262087220282357812012-10-15T11:06:47.444-04:002012-10-15T11:06:47.444-04:00I've read the Edward Bellamy book, 'Lookin...I've read the Edward Bellamy book, 'Looking Forward' after coming across it at the exhibition of Sci-Fi at the British Museum. It's really well written, and (I think) is cited as pre-inventing the credit card. <br /><br />Alas, some of its views on women were less imaginative than the rest of the book.. Bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065257907482952779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-40350337041775278772012-10-09T22:40:55.621-04:002012-10-09T22:40:55.621-04:00As I feared, then. Ah well. I did enjoy your pho...As I feared, then. Ah well. I did enjoy your photos of the book. :)Lisa Shaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141316010311729143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-3982366318426002002012-10-09T08:58:42.798-04:002012-10-09T08:58:42.798-04:00I just looked around a bit online - there's a ...I just looked around a bit online - there's a print-on-demand copy for $18.00 or so, and vintage copies start at $45 and go up to $250.<br /><br />We have two copies in stockMichael Popekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06083697912791290450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-48848004659779301112012-10-09T08:57:01.323-04:002012-10-09T08:57:01.323-04:00Wow. I wonder if I could locate a copy for my dad...Wow. I wonder if I could locate a copy for my dad...assuming that this copy will be Lisa Shafer's if it's within my range! What an interesting book, and SusieBookworm, thanks for the additional backstory on this volume!<br />mejakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672224251678977229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-77648933276852628192012-10-09T08:51:43.303-04:002012-10-09T08:51:43.303-04:00Wow. I wonder if I could locate a copy for my dad...Wow. I wonder if I could locate a copy for my dad...assuming that this copy will be Lisa Shafer's if it's within my range! What an interesting book, and SusieBookworm, thanks for the additional backstory on this volume!<br />mejakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672224251678977229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-18825754153846669352012-10-09T08:44:44.178-04:002012-10-09T08:44:44.178-04:00I want that book. I'm going to find it.I want that book. I'm going to find it.techeditorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01713987832589573174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-18631879261524114632012-10-08T21:11:12.144-04:002012-10-08T21:11:12.144-04:00I find this very tempting, but if it is truly a ra...I find this very tempting, but if it is truly a rare book, it's probably out of my price range. Care to share its price?Lisa Shaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141316010311729143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-20161283572106537872012-10-08T13:43:30.786-04:002012-10-08T13:43:30.786-04:00Wow, that's so amazingly scary.
It's onli...Wow, that's so amazingly scary.<br /><br />It's online at the Internet Archive:<br /><br />http://archive.org/details/lookingforwarddr00bird<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-87673462506489046722012-10-08T12:11:12.990-04:002012-10-08T12:11:12.990-04:00This is amazing, and I want to read it. Has anyone...This is amazing, and I want to read it. Has anyone put it all online?Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-14277285740616974312012-10-08T12:04:02.820-04:002012-10-08T12:04:02.820-04:00Oh I would love to read this!Oh I would love to read this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-65525471512001720782012-10-08T11:04:35.769-04:002012-10-08T11:04:35.769-04:00Fantastic find!!! 'Looking Forward' is one...Fantastic find!!! 'Looking Forward' is one of the responses to Edward Bellamy's 1888 novel 'Looking Backward, 2000-1887,' a utopian socialist novel about a Bostonian who wakes up in the year 2000. Bellamy's book was one of the bestsellers of the late 19th century.<br /><br />The utopian enthusiast in me in geeking out right now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941919404657989208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-4869081132573361202012-10-08T10:53:24.556-04:002012-10-08T10:53:24.556-04:00"France Eats Humble Pie". What an amazin..."France Eats Humble Pie". What an amazing and weird book. I love it!becky up the hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285976186390362549noreply@blogger.com