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The World Above the World
| Author: | Brian Stableford |
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Black Coat Press, 2011 |
| Series: | Black Coat French Science Fiction: Book 64 |
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19. News from the Moon |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
A balloon ascent to the Heavens... A man with X-ray vision... A utopian metal city built on giant pylons above Paris... A sexless world in which women reproduce parthenogenetically and man is unknown... Is science insane? Unholy? See nine French authors of the 19th century grapple in a ground-breaking fashion with the future themes of science fiction. All the stories included in this volume predate the first translation into French of H.G. Wells. They are representative of a distinct tradition of romans scientifiques whose cardinal influences included astronomer Camille Flammarion and Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - (2011) - essay by Brian Stableford
- A Heavenward Voyage - (1840) - short story by Samuel-Henry Berthoud (trans. of Voyage au Ciel)
- The Second Sun - short fiction by Samuel-Henry Berthoud (trans. of Le Second Soleil 1862)
- Mimer's Head - short fiction by René de Pont-Jest (trans. of La Tête de Mimer 1863)
- Wood'stown - short fiction by Alphonse Daudet (trans. of Wood'stown 1874)
- Love Among the Stars - short fiction by Camille Flammarion (trans. of Un amour des astres 1896)
- The X-Ray - short fiction by Charles Recolin (trans. of Le Rayon X 1896)
- The Mysterious Dajan-Phinn - short fiction by Michel Corday (trans. of Le Mystérieux Dajan-Phinn 1908)
- A World Above the World - short fiction by Jules Perrin and H. Lanos (trans. of Un Monde sur le monde 1911)
- Drymea, World of Virgins - short fiction by André Mas (trans. of Drymea, monde de vierges 1923)
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