Le vingtième siècle. La vie électrique (French Edition)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Robida, Albert

Fantasy

Adamant Media Corporation

The Twentieth Century―a unique blend of objets d'art and pulp fiction, science fiction and satire―was initially published in 1882 to great acclaim. Abundantly illustrated by the author, the story presents a panorama of society in the century to come. The story opens in the spring of 1952 as Hélène Colobry, niece of mega-banker Raphael Ponto, has just graduated from a private provincial school and needs to find a career. This highly original futuristic fantasy is a cross between "The Jetsons" and the novels of Charles Dickens: it focuses on the daily life of a bourgeois family living in the technology-driven world of tomorrow―where trips to the market are made by aircar and where women argue politics with their husbands via videophone. The book opened new frontiers in speculative fiction with its superb graphics and its evocative text.

The Twentieth Century (Early Classics Of Science Fiction)

Literature & Fiction

United States

Wesleyan University Press

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Les Vieilles Villes D'espagne: Notes Et Souvenirs (French Edition)

History

Nabu Press

Contes Pour Les Bibliophiles (French Edition)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Uzanne, Octave

Antiques & Collectibles

La Vie Électrique (French Edition)

Classics

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

In Electric Life (1892), Albert Robida imagined the life of the future, imbued with all kinds of fantastic devices meant to simplify the lives of their users. The father of science fiction illustration, and the author of The Clock of the Centuries and The Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul, Robida (1848-1926) was the most significant of all of Jules Verne's successors. The novel follows the adventures of the great inventor Philox Lorris, who wants his son to marry a woman whom he does not love, instead of his sweetheart, whom Philox dislikes. This traditional love triangle allows Robida to unleash his sarcastic predictions, extrapolating them to what he thought were absurd extremes; but which today's readers will think tame in comparison with our modern world. Electric Life no longer qualifies as futuristic fiction, or alternative history, but it does qualify as steampunk fantasy -- perhaps the ultimate steampunk fantasy, given that it possesses an innocence that no modern writer, jaded by an excess of historical knowledge, could ever duplicate. ILLUSTRATED WITH 100 ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALBERT ROBIDA.

Electric Life

Literary

Hollywood Comics

The father of science fiction illustration, and the author of "The Clock of the Centuries" and "The Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul," Robida (1848-1926), was the most significant of all of Jules Verne's successors. In "Chalet in the Sky" (1925), Robida's last novel and literary "swan song," he boldly steps forward into the far future when man has emigrated to other worlds beyond a bleak and exhausted Earth.

Chalet in the Sky

Science Fiction

La cité de Carcassonne

Marti, Claude

Du Mont

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Genre Fiction

Gaspar&Rimbau

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