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Investigations of the Future
| Author: | Brian Stableford |
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Black Coat Press, 2012 |
| Series: | Black Coat French Science Fiction: Book 80 |
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19. News from the Moon |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents:
- Future Paris - short fiction by Théophile Gautier (trans. of Paris futur 1851)
- Future Paris - short fiction by Arsène Houssaye (trans. of Le Paris futur 1856)
- Future Paris - short fiction by Victor Fournel (trans. of Paris nouveau et Paris futur 1865)
- The Ruins of Paris in 4875 - short fiction by Alfred Franklin (trans. of Les Ruines de Paris en 4908, documents officiels et inédits 1875)
- Year 330 of the Republic - short fiction by Maurice Spronck (trans. of L'an 330 de la République : XXIIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne 1894)
- An Investigation of the World of the Future - short fiction by Jean Jullien (trans. of Enquête sur le monde futur 1909)
- Hebal's Vision - short fiction by Pierre-Simon Ballanche (trans. of Vision d'Hebal, chef d'un clan écossais 1831)
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