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The Germans on Venus
| Author: | Brian Stableford |
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Black Coat Press, 2009 |
| Series: | Black Coat French Science Fiction: Book 20 |
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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 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.
Table of Contents:
- Posthumous Correspondence - short fiction by Restif de La Bretonne (trans. of Les posthumes, lettres reçues après la mort du mari par sa femme qui le croit à Florence (excerpt) 1802)
- Perfectibility - short fiction by Charles Nodier (trans. of Hurlubleu grand Manifafa d'Hurlubière ou la perfectibilité: Histoire progressive 1833)
- he Story of a Naiad - short fiction by Louis Ulbach (trans. of Histoire d'une naïade 1858)
- Astronomical Journeys - short fiction by X. B. Saintine (trans. of Courses astronomiques 1864)
- War in 1894 - short fiction by Adrien Robert (trans. of La guerre en 1894 1867)
- The Origin of Life - short fiction by Eugène Mouton (trans. of L'origine de la vie 1877)
- Quiet House - (1885) - short fiction by Jules Lermina
- The Automaton - short fiction by Remy de Gourmont (trans. of L'automate 1889)
- The Future Terror - short fiction by Marcel Schwob (trans. of La terreur future 1891)
- A Rival of Edison - short fiction by Louis Mullem (trans. of Un rival d'Edison 1909)
- Erebium - (1904) - short fiction by Alphonse Allais
- The Germans on Venus - short fiction by André Mas (trans. of Les Allemands sur Vénus 1914)
- Telepathy - (1921) - short fiction by Théo Varlet
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