| On the Brink of the World's End Contributor(s): Stableford, Brian (Editor), Hoche, Jules (Author), Mery, Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 1612274749 ISBN-13: 9781612274744 Publisher: Hollywood Comics OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Collections & Anthologies |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5" W x 8" (0.87 lbs) 364 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the thirteenth in a series of anthologies of exemplary texts in the evolution of the French genre of roman scientifique. The seven stories collected here were published between 1784 and 1928. They include two remarkable tales about Future Paris, the first story to seize upon the potential of air balloons as imaginative devices, and an extraordinary pseudo-case study in magnetism by Nobel prize-winning physiologist Charles Richet (writing as "Charles Epheyre"). Also included are a novella about the "death" of iron and how it changed the fate of the Great War, mind-reading technology and how it can be used to solve crimes, and the eponymous 1928 novel by Colonel Royet, which explores in a colorful fashion how a mad scientist threatens the stability of the world. |