Investigations of the Future (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781612271064)

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 Th ophile Gautier, Ars ne 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.

Author: Jean Jullien, Alfred Franklin
ISBN-10: 1612271065
ISBN-13: 9781612271064
Publisher: Hollywood Comics
Language: English
Published: 07/31/2012
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.73d