Talk:Edward Bellamy

Good afternoon, Does anyone have any thoughts regarding creating a separate WQ page for Looking Backward...? Seems that would do some good & enable more people to discover it, as it would go onto the 'what's new' list. As you can see it's wikipedia page page, this book "...was the third largest bestseller of its time, after Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.[2] It influenced a large number of intellectuals, and appears by title in many socialist writings of the day. "It is one of the few books ever published that created almost immediately on its appearance a political mass movement".[3]
In the United States alone, over 162 "Bellamy Clubs" sprang up[4] to discuss and propagate the book's ideas.[5] Owing to its commitment to the nationalization of private property and the desire to avoid use of the term "socialism", this political movement came to be known as Nationalism — not to be confused with the political concept of nationalism.[6] The novel also inspired several utopian communities...." Cheers, Om777om (talk) 18:40, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

@Om777om: Thanks for bringing this up. I did not know that Looking Backward was such a best seller. Actually (admitting my ignorance) I have not even heard of Edward Bellamy until I stubbed upon this WQ page. Ottawahitech (talk) 18:23, 23 April 2022 (UTC)