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Originally Posted by JSWolf
My definition of contemporary would be books written about time periods ranging from a given year to now. What that given yeqar is we should decide. Maybe go back to 1970 and anything earlier is a no go.
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Can I nominate 'Looking Backward' by Edward Bellamy (1888)?
It's available here (thanks to Patricia).
"The book tells the story of Julian West, a young American who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up more than a century later. He finds himself on the same spot (Boston, Massachusetts) but in a totally changed world: It is the year 2000 and, while he was sleeping, the U.S.A. has been transformed into a socialist utopia."