An edition of Paris au Vingtieme Siecle
(1980)
Paris in the twentieth century
1st. U.S. ed.
by Jules Verne
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A futuristic novel, written in the 1860s, describing the Paris of the 1960s, a city of cars, computers, even fax machines. The rulers are corporations, technology is god and people are expected to accept material profit as the reason for living. The novel was rejected by the publisher of the day as unrealistic.
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Paris au XXe siècle
October 14, 1998, Hachette Littérature
Mass Market Paperback
in French
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Paris in the twentieth century
1997, Del Rey/Ballantine Books
in English
- 1st. Ballantine Books ed.
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Paris in the twentieth century
1997, G.K. Hall
in English
- Large print ed.
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Paris in the twentieth century
1996, Random House
in English
- 1st. U.S. ed.
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Paris au XXe siècle: roman
1994, Hachette / Le Cherche Midi Éditeur
in French
2253139416 9782253139416
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Paris in the Twentieth Century is a science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The book presents Paris in August 1960, 97 years in Verne's future, where society places value only on business and technology.
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