Paris in the Twentieth Century: The Lost Novel

Paris in the Twentieth Century: The Lost Novel

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

â€œJules Verne was the Michael Crichton of the 19th century.â€â€”The New York Times

â€œFor anyone interested in the history of speculative fiction . . . this book is an absolute necessity.â€â€”Ray Bradbury

â€œVerne's Paris is a bustling, overcrowded metropolis teeming with starving homeless and â€˜vehicles that passed on paved roads and moved without horses.â€™ 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.â€â€”People

â€œAn excellent extrapolation, founded on 19th-century technical novelties, of a future culture.â€â€”The Washington Post Book World

â€œVerne 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.â€â€”The Denver Post
Country USA
Brand BALLANTINE GROUP
Manufacturer Del Rey
Binding Paperback
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1997-10-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345420398

Country	USA
Brand	BALLANTINE GROUP
Manufacturer	Del Rey
Binding	Paperback
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	1997-10-21
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780345420398

Paris in the Twentieth Century: The Lost Novel

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