The Edward Bellamy MEGAPACK ®. Edward Bellamy

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      THE MEGAPACK SERIES

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      The Classic American Short Story Megapack

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      The First Science Fiction Megapack

      The Second Science Fiction Megapack

      The Third Science Fiction Megapack

      The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack

      The Fifth Science Fiction Megapack

      The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack

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      The Wizard of Oz Megapack

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      AUTHOR MEGAPACKS

      The E.F. Benson Megapack

      The Edward Bellamy Megapack

      The Second E.F. Benson Megapack

      The B.M. Bower Megapack

      The Wilkie Collins Megapack

      The Philip K. Dick Megapack

      The Jacques Futrelle Megapack

      The Randall Garrett Megapack

      The Second Randall Garrett Megapack

      The G.A. Henty Megapack

      The M.R. James Megapack

      The Murray Leinster Megapack

      The Second Murray Leinster Megapack

      The Andre Norton Megapack

      The H. Beam Piper Megapack

      The Rafael Sabatini Megapack

      EDWARD BELLAMY

      Edward Bellamy (March 26, 1850 – May 22, 1898) was an American author and socialist, most famous for his utopian novel, Looking Backward, a Rip Van Winkle-like tale set in the distant future of the year 2000. Bellamy’s vision of a harmonious future world inspired the formation of over 160 “Nationalist Clubs” dedicated to the propagation of Bellamy’s political ideas and working to make them a practical reality.

      Early years

      Edward Bellamy was born in Chicopee, Massachusetts. His father was Rufus King Bellamy (1816–1886), a Baptist minister and a descendant of Joseph Bellamy. His mother, Maria Louisa Putnam Bellamy, was herself the daughter of a Baptist minister named Benjamin Putnam, a man forced to withdraw from the ministry in Salem, Massachusetts, following objections to his becoming a Freemason.

      Bellamy attended public school at Chicopee Falls before leaving for Union College of Schenectady, New York, where he studied for just two semesters. Upon leaving school, Bellamy made his way to Europe for a year, spending extensive time in Germany. Bellamy briefly studied law but abandoned that field without ever having practiced as a lawyer, instead entering the world of journalism. In this capacity Bellamy briefly served on the staff of the New York Post before returning to his native Massachusetts to take a position at the Springfield Union.

      At the age of 25, Bellamy developed tuberculosis, the disease that would ultimately kill him. He suffered with its effects throughout his entire adult life. In an effort to regain his health, Bellamy spent a year in the Hawaiian Islands (1877 to 1878). Returning to the United States, he decided to abandon the daily grind of journalism in favor of literary work, which put fewer demands upon his time and his health.

      Bellamy married Emma Augusta Sanderson in 1882. The couple had two children.

      Literary career

      Bellamy’s early novels, including Six to One (1877), Dr. Heidenhoff’s Process (1880) [included in this Megapack], and Miss Ludington’s Sister (1884) [included in this Megapack] were unremarkable