Looking Backward
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Looking Backward is an 1888 utopian science fiction novel by Edward Bellamy that envisions a socialist future America and became one of the most influential political and reformist works of its era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Looking Backward canonical | 2 |
| Looking Backward: 2000–1887 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8326203 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Looking Backward Context triple: [News from Nowhere, inspiredBy, Looking Backward]
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A.
A Hundred Years Hence
"A Hundred Years Hence" is a song featured within the collection known as Harrow Songs.
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B.
The World of Tomorrow
The World of Tomorrow was the overarching futuristic vision and slogan of the 1939 New York World's Fair, showcasing optimistic ideas about technology, design, and modern living.
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C.
The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops is a 1909 dystopian science fiction short story depicting a future society utterly dependent on an all-controlling technological system and the consequences when it fails.
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D.
The Great Utopia
The Great Utopia is a chapter in Friedrich Hayek’s "The Road to Serfdom" that critiques collectivist visions of a perfect society and warns of their tendency to lead toward authoritarianism.
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E.
The Machine of the World
The Machine of the World is a famous allegorical vision in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, in which the cosmos and its secrets are revealed to the Portuguese explorers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Looking Backward Target entity description: Looking Backward is an 1888 utopian science fiction novel by Edward Bellamy that envisions a socialist future America and became one of the most influential political and reformist works of its era.
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A.
A Hundred Years Hence
"A Hundred Years Hence" is a song featured within the collection known as Harrow Songs.
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B.
The World of Tomorrow
The World of Tomorrow was the overarching futuristic vision and slogan of the 1939 New York World's Fair, showcasing optimistic ideas about technology, design, and modern living.
-
C.
The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops is a 1909 dystopian science fiction short story depicting a future society utterly dependent on an all-controlling technological system and the consequences when it fails.
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D.
The Great Utopia
The Great Utopia is a chapter in Friedrich Hayek’s "The Road to Serfdom" that critiques collectivist visions of a perfect society and warns of their tendency to lead toward authoritarianism.
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E.
The Machine of the World
The Machine of the World is a famous allegorical vision in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, in which the cosmos and its secrets are revealed to the Portuguese explorers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Edward Bellamy ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
critique of capitalism
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economic equality ⓘ industrial organization ⓘ social reform ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
equal distribution of goods
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future socialist America ⓘ nationalized industry ⓘ planned economy ⓘ universal employment ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| followedBy | Equality ⓘ |
| genre |
political fiction
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science fiction ⓘ social science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ utopian fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Looking Backward: 2000–1887
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linked to:
Looking Backward
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| hasSequel | Equality ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Gilded Age United States
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linked to:
Gilded Age
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| influenced |
American socialist movement
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Nationalist Clubs in the United States ⓘ Progressive Era reform movements ⓘ utopian literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | utopian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Julian West ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the most influential utopian novels of its era
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its vision of a classless industrial society ⓘ popularizing socialist ideas in the United States ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| politicalIdeologyDepicted | state socialism ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1888 ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| settingPlace | Boston ⓘ |
| settingTime |
late 19th century
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year 2000 ⓘ |
| structure | didactic dialogue and exposition ⓘ |
| timeTravelElement | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Looking Backward Description of subject: Looking Backward is an 1888 utopian science fiction novel by Edward Bellamy that envisions a socialist future America and became one of the most influential political and reformist works of its era.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Looking Backward