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In 1863 Jules Verne, famed author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth, wrote a novel that his literary agent deemed too far fetched to be published. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson found the handwritten, never-before published manuscript in a safe. That manuscript was Paris in the Twentieth Century, and astonishingly prophetic view into the future by one of the most renowned science fiction writers of our time. . . .

Praise for Paris in the Twentieth Century

"Jules Verne was the Michael Crichton of the 19th century."-The New York Times

"For anyone interested in the history of speculative fiction . . . this book is an absolute necessity."-Ray Bradbury

"Verne's Paris is a bustling, overcrowded metropolis teeming with starving homeless and 'vehicles that passed on paved roads and moved without horses.' Years before they would be invented, Verne has imagined elevators and faxmachines. It was a vision Verne's editor flatly rejected. Contemporary readers know better."-People

"An excellent extrapolation, founded on 19th-century technical novelties, of a future culture."-The Washington Post Book World

"Verne published nearly seventy books, many of them now considered classics. But this little jewel catches him just reaching stride as a writer of science fiction, a genre that he, of course, helped put on the literary map."-The Denver Post
In 1863 Jules Verne, famed author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth, wrote a novel that his literary agent deemed too far fetched to be published. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson found the handwritten, never-before published manuscript in a safe. That manuscript was Paris in the Twentieth Century, and astonishingly prophetic view into the future by one of the most renowned science fiction writers of our time. . . .

Praise for Paris in the Twentieth Century

"Jules Verne was the Michael Crichton of the 19th century."-The New York Times

"For anyone interested in the history of speculative fiction . . . this book is an absolute necessity."-Ray Bradbury

"Verne's Paris is a bustling, overcrowded metropolis teeming with starving homeless and 'vehicles that passed on paved roads and moved without horses.' Years before they would be invented, Verne has imagined elevators and faxmachines. It was a vision Verne's editor flatly rejected. Contemporary readers know better."-People

"An excellent extrapolation, founded on 19th-century technical novelties, of a future culture."-The Washington Post Book World

"Verne published nearly seventy books, many of them now considered classics. But this little jewel catches him just reaching stride as a writer of science fiction, a genre that he, of course, helped put on the literary map."-The Denver Post
Über den Autor
Jules Verne (1828-1905)
Jules Verne was a French author and is known for his fictions of adventure such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. Verne anticipated the skyscraper, the submarine, and the airplane, many other inventions, and he is regarded as one of the fathers of science fiction. Legendary science fiction and adventure author Jules Verne is remembered for his fascinating stories of travel and excitement. He wrote many fantasy stories and his combination of realism and romanticism exercised a lasting influence on many writers such as Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
A pioneer of the science-fiction genre, Jules Verne, a French author, is known for his writings about cosmic, atmospheric and underwater travel which runs our imagination ahead of its time.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780345420398
ISBN-10: 034542039X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Verne, Jules
Hersteller: Random House Worlds
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 130 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Jules Verne
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.10.1997
Gewicht: 0,288 kg
Artikel-ID: 131646551

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