18 books like Looking Backward from 2000 to 1887

What to read after Looking Backward from 2000 to 1887 — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Special deliverance Clifford D. Simak · 1982 · ★ 3.7 · 217p · ≈ 7h · Moderate It all started when Professor Edward Lansing wanted to know who really wrote that great term paper on Shakespeare and learned that his student had bought it from a slot machine. Going to investigate, the good professor found the machine, which gave him two keys and sent him in search of other slot machines. The third machine he tried took his money and transported him to a strange new… Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

The Anubis Gates Tim Powers · 1983 · ★ 3.9 · 393p · ≈ 13h · Moderate An ancient Egyptian sorcerer, a modern millionaire, a body-switching werewolf, a hideously deformed clown, a young woman disguised as a boy, a brainwashed Lord Byron, and finally, the protagonist Professor Brendan Doyle, who wanted none of this nonsense. Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

Son of Man Robert Silverberg · 1971 · ★ 3.4 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate 1972 Locus Poll Award nominee, best SF novel IN THE BEGINNING... there was no Brooklyn, no St. Louis, no Shakespeare, no moon, no hunger, no death... IN THE BEGINNING... there were no real men, no real women, nothing but dispassionately passionate ambisexuals of the lowest and highest order... IN THE BEGINNING... the heavens, the seas and the Earth belonged to more intelligent species… Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

Doctor Who British Broadcasting Corporation · 1989 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Climb aboard the TARDIS for a journey through space, time, and comedy in the official Doctor Who joke book! -What do we want? -TIME TRAVEL! -When do we want it? -THAT'S IRRELEVANT! Packed with a dimensionally transcendent TARDIS-load amount of jokes, gags and riddles, this is the official Doctor Who joke book! Remember: it's funnier on the inside! Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

Exiles of the Stars Andre Norton · 1971 · ★ 4.0 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This is the second in the Moon Singer series featuring “Maelen”, the former moon singer of the primitive planet mythical “Thassa”. Also revolving around the cargo apprentice “Krip Vorland’, now in the body of the “Thassa” and the crew of the free-trader “Lydis” who’s sabotaged ship barely survives its landing on a barren and hostile planet. One by one, the crew of the Lydis and in addition to… Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

The man who ended war Hollis Godfrey · 1908 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The Secretary of War of the United States receives a letter sent to his and all other nations, declaring that war has too long devastated the earth and the time has come for peace. It orders them to destroy their weapons of warfare and disband their militaries. The letter ends: "One year from this date will I allow for disarmament and no more. At the end of that time, if no heed has been paid to… Shares Utopias, Science Fiction

Looking Backward Edward Bellamy · 2007 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Boston, Utopias, Time Travel, Science Fiction with this book.

The ugly little boy Isaac Asimov · 1991 · ★ 3.9 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate other title: The Ugly Little Boy Shares Time Travel, Science Fiction

The Magic Labyrinth Philip José Farmer · 1980 · ★ 3.7 · 406p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Riverworld Saga Shares Time Travel

Forerunner Foray Andre Norton · 1973 · ★ 3.3 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Highly skilled mind reader Ziantha is totally unprepared for her contact with the strange green stone which takes her out-of-body, and into the ancient Forerunner worlds of hidden treasure and wisdom. Shares Time Travel

Crossover Judith Eubank · 1984 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Beauty, romance, suspense: Judith Eubank handles a timeless mystery with a light, sure touch. CROSSOVER evokes the brooding atmospheres of Daphne du Maurier with the wit, intelligence, and sensibility of Dorothy Sayers. As she adapts to British university life, Meredith Blake, a young American scholar, discovers that Edwards Hall is not the same for her as it is for the others. For her, it is… Shares Time Travel

The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything John D. MacDonald · 1600 · ★ 4.0 · 207p · ≈ 6h · Challenging This is a duplicate. Please update your lists. See https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2446193W. Shares Time Travel

The moon metal Garrett Putman Serviss · 1900 · 58p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Science Fiction with this book.

There will be time Poul Anderson · 1972 · ★ 3.7 · 189p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Time Travel with this book.

Columbus of Space Garrett Putman Serviss · 1911 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The year was 1909 and Garrett Putnam Serviss was already a respected science writer for the Hearst newspaper group. Serviss’ reputation was such that his articles appeared in almost every major American magazine. Beginning in January of that year Frank Munsey’s All-Story magazine began the serialization of Serviss’ epic science fiction adventure A Columbus of Space. Just three months earlier the… Shares Science Fiction

Black Canaan Robert E. Howard · 1978 · ★ 3.6 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Science Fiction with this book.

The Heads of Cerberus Francis Stevens · 1952 · 198p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Time Travel with this book.

The People of the Crater Andre Norton · 2009 · ★ 3.2 · 54p · ≈ 1h · Light "Send the Black Throne to dust; conquer the Black Ones, and bring the Daughter from the Caves of Darkness." These were the tasks Garin must perform to fulfill the prophecy of the Ancient Ones . . . and establish his own destiny in this hidden land!Andre Norton's first work, originally published in 1947 under the pseudonym "Andrew North." Shares Science Fiction

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