{"product_id":"the-future-eve-auguste-villiers-de-lisle-adam-9798349604447","title":"The Future Eve","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1886, \u003cem\u003eThe Future Eve\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eL'Ève future\u003c\/em\u003e) stands as one of the earliest and most visionary works of modern science fiction-a haunting exploration of invention, obsession, and the human desire to create perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking novel, Count Villiers de l'Isle-Adam reimagines the real-life inventor Thomas Edison not merely as a scientist, but as a philosopher and mystic-a man who seeks to redeem human love through the power of technology. When a despairing nobleman confides that he adores a woman of unparalleled beauty but shallow spirit, Edison offers a startling solution: he will construct her replacement. The result is Hadaly, an artificial woman animated by electricity and infused with something like a soul-an uncanny fusion of machine, art, and ideal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending gothic atmosphere with prophetic insight, \u003cem\u003eThe Future Eve\u003c\/em\u003e examines the boundaries between the human and the artificial, faith and science, creation and control. Long before \u003cem\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eEx Machina\u003c\/em\u003e, Villiers asked the questions that still define the modern imagination: Can perfection be manufactured? Can technology save us from ourselves-or will it only reflect our emptiness back to us?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new translation from Outpost Books restores Villiers' original wit, lyricism, and biting satire, presenting his work as it was meant to be read: both a darkly romantic parable and a startlingly modern meditation on identity and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs part of the \u003cem\u003eOutpost Books Legacy Collection\u003c\/em\u003e, this edition reintroduces a forgotten classic that helped define the very idea of the android-and offers a mirror through which we can glimpse our own age of artificial creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Auguste Villiers De L'Isle-Adam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798349604447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outpost Books Se\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Auguste Villiers De L'Isle-Adam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474589040895,"sku":"9798349604447","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e875adf1-7eae-4bc0-ba36-faead0d0982c.jpg?v=1762317665","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-future-eve-auguste-villiers-de-lisle-adam-9798349604447","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}