Looking Backward 2000-1887

"Looking Backward 2000-1887" is a remarkable work of utopian science fiction. It tells the story of a young Julian West, who is induced into a deep 113-year sleep by hypnosis. When he wakes up in 2000, he discovers that America has transformed into a socialist utopia and, through technological advancement and the nationalization of the productive capacity of the United States, the society has become a place where people work together in harmony.