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Investigations of the Future
by Investigations of the Future
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This is a new collection of seven French proto-science fiction stories devoted to explorations of the future, as imagined in the 1850s and early 1900s, translated and annotated by renowned science fiction writer and scholar Brian Stableford. This collection includes fantastic explorations of Future Paris by Théophile Gautier, Arsène Houssaye, Victor Fournel as well as Alfred Franklin's visionary The Ruins of Paris in 4875 (1875), Maurice Spronck's devastating criticism of socialist utopianism, Year 330 of the Republic (1894), and Jean Jullien's An Investigation of the World of the Future (1909), in which a reporter interviews scientists whose discoveries are in the process of laying the foundations for the transformation of human society.
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- Hollywood Comics Brand
- Jul 31, 2012 Pub Date:
- 1612271065 ISBN-10:
- 9781612271064 ISBN-13:
- English Language
- 8 in * 0.73 in * 5 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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