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Originally Posted by HarryT
To me, "Contemporary Fiction" is fiction set in the "real world" of today or the recent past, which rules out SF. But that's just me  . |
I agree. Plus, recent past is post WW2.
I don't think there's any of the books mentioned here that I think is contemporary fiction. The problem is probably that there are not very much contemporary fiction freely avalable here, compared to, say, public domain or "genre" works, such as sci-fi.
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Originally Posted by Sparrow
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."
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If this can be nominated, I'll second it. It sounds interesting.