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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Electric Life (Paperback)
Albert Robida; Adapted by Brian Stableford
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R564
Discovery Miles 5 640
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In Electric Life (1892), Albert Robida imagined the life of the
future, imbued with all kinds of fantastic devices meant to
simplify the lives of their users. The father of science fiction
illustration, and the author of The Clock of the Centuries and The
Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul, Robida (1848-1926) was the most
significant of all of Jules Verne's successors. The novel follows
the adventures of the great inventor Philox Lorris, who wants his
son to marry a woman whom he does not love, instead of his
sweetheart, whom Philox dislikes. This traditional love triangle
allows Robida to unleash his sarcastic predictions, extrapolating
them to what he thought were absurd extremes; but which today's
readers will think tame in comparison with our modern world.
Electric Life no longer qualifies as futuristic fiction, or
alternative history, but it does qualify as steampunk fantasy --
perhaps the ultimate steampunk fantasy, given that it possesses an
innocence that no modern writer, jaded by an excess of historical
knowledge, could ever duplicate. ILLUSTRATED WITH 100 ORIGINAL
ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALBERT ROBIDA.
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In 1965 (Paperback)
Albert Robida; Adapted by Brian Stableford
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R579
Discovery Miles 5 790
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