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READ AN EXCERPT
In the same series:
News from the Moon
The Supreme Progress
The World Above the World
Nemoville
Investigation of the Future
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Cover by |
THE GERMANS ON VENUS
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US$22.95/GBP 14.99 |
This is a new collection of 13 proto-science fiction tales and other scientific romances, penned between 1796 and
1921, translated and annotated by renowned science fiction writer and scholar Brian Stableford.
From cosmic journeys exploring Mars and Jupiter, examining the nature, languages and reproductive methods of various
alien species, to the tale of a man who awakens 10,000 years in the future when the Moon has broken apart and rained
debris upon the Earth and suspension bridges link the planets of the Solar System; from future war stories, the
discovery of automata and telepathy, to speculations about the extraterrestrial origins of Life on Earth, the tales
gathered here exemplify the manifest intention of writers from the 18th and 19th centuries to create a new genre
of imaginative fiction.
The title piece, written in 1913, was the first-ever published item in a series of propagandistic works of fiction
by rocket enthusiasts. It is remarkable for its description of space travel, and its attempt to design a hypothetical
biosphere for another planet.
Contents:
Posthumous Correspondence (1796) by Restif
de la Bretonne
Perfectibility (1833) by Charles Nodier
The Story of a Naiad (1864) by Louis Ulbach
Astronomical Journeys (1864) by X. B. Saintine
War in 1894 (1867) by Adrien Robert
The Origin of Life (1877) by Eugène Mouton
Quiet House (1885) by Jules Lermina
The Automaton (1892) by Rémy de Gourmont
The Future Terror (1891) by Marcel Schwob
A Rival of Edison (1909) by Louis Mullem
Erebium (1904) by Alphonse Allais
The Germans on Venus (1913) by André Mas
Telepathy (1921) by Théo Varlet
Introduction & Notes by Brian Stableford