cul osis , ▁the ▁disease ▁that ▁would ▁ultimately ▁kill ▁him . ▁He ▁suffered ▁with ▁its ▁effects ▁throughout ▁his ▁adult ▁life . ▁In ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁reg ain ▁his ▁health , ▁Bell amy ▁spent ▁a ▁year ▁in ▁the ▁Hawai ian ▁Islands ▁( 1 8 7 7 ▁to ▁ 1 8 7 8 ). ▁Return ing ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Bell amy ▁decided ▁to ▁abandon ▁the ▁daily ▁gr ind ▁of ▁journal ism ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁literary ▁work , ▁which ▁put ▁fewer ▁dem ands ▁upon ▁his ▁time ▁and ▁his ▁health . ▁ ▁Bell amy ▁married ▁Emma ▁August a ▁Sand erson ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 2 . ▁The ▁couple ▁had ▁two ▁children . ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁career ▁ ▁Bell amy ' s ▁early ▁nov els , ▁including ▁Six ▁to ▁One ▁( 1 8 7 8 ), ▁Dr . ▁He iden hoff ' s ▁Process ▁( 1 8 8 0 ), ▁and ▁Miss ▁Lud ington ' s ▁Sister ▁( 1 8 8 5 ) ▁were ▁un remark able ▁works , ▁making ▁use ▁of ▁standard ▁psych ological ▁plots . ▁ ▁A ▁turn ▁to ▁u top ian ▁science ▁fiction ▁with ▁Looking ▁Back ward , ▁ 2 0 0 0 – 1 8 8 7 , ▁published ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 8 8 8 , ▁captured ▁the ▁public ▁imagination ▁and ▁cat ap ult ed ▁Bell amy ▁to ▁literary ▁fame . ▁The ▁publish er ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁could ▁scarcely ▁keep ▁up ▁with ▁demand . ▁Within ▁a ▁year ▁the ▁book ▁had ▁sold ▁some ▁ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0