In the Year 2889 [Paperback]

Jules Verne (Author)

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Publication Date: February 10, 2007

In the Year 2889 was first published in the Forum, February, 1889. It was published in France the next year. Although published under the name of Jules Verne, it is now believed to be chiefly if not entirely the work of Jules Verne's son, Michel Verne. In any event, many of the topics in the article echo Jules Verne's ideas.

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About the Author

Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French author who helped pioneer the science-fiction genre. He is best known for his novels A Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869-1870), Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) and The Mysterious Island (1875). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before navigable aircraft and practical submarines were invented, and before any means of space travel had been devised. Consequently he is often referred to as the "Father of science fiction", along with H. G. Wells. Verne is the second most translated author of all time, only behind Agatha Christie, with 4223 translations, according to Index Translationum. Some of his works have been made into films. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Wildside Press (February 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809501287
• ISBN-13: 978-0809501281
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,209,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yesterday's tomorrow, April 10, 2007

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Robert Weaver "Sillywriter" (North Hollywood, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Year 2889 (Paperback)

The recent publication of the short story "In the Year 2889" (Wildside Press, 2006) is a welcome addition to the Jules Verne library. I read it first back in my early college days in the late sixties, and I have been hoping for a new edition of the text.

At 32 pages, it is a slim volume, but nonetheless significant. There is some question as to whether the story was actually penned by Jules Verne or might be, at least in part, the work of Verne's son Michel. The story is in keeping with Jules Verne's optimistic view of future possibilities.

While the cover art by Sophie Martin is quite striking, I would have preferred the volume be illustrated throughout. That would have greatly enhanced the pamphlete-size volume.

Much of the story presented, a day in the life of a citizen of the 20th century, sounds like an episode of "The Jetsons," with a man being clothed by a mechanical dresser as he is whisked off to work.

It is quick and light reading, to be sure, but oh! the memories it rekindles of a vision gone by, a vision of life almost 1000 years into the future.

Thank you, Monsieur Verne. Thank you, Wildside Press.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Progress dreamt of..., December 23, 2009

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D. Orphal "D. Orphal" (El Cerrito CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In The Year 2889 (Paperback)

"Would not our contemporaries prize the telephone and the telephote more highly if they had not forgotten the telegraph?" First published in 1889, Michel Verne (Jules's son) imagines the world in 1000 years. In little more than 100, we've made lots of the progress he dreamed of...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable short story, December 26, 2010

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This review is from: In the Year 2889 (Kindle Edition)

Not sure why people are getting up set because this is a short story rather than a novel. They should take that up with the author. I had never read this before but really enjoyed the "look" into the future. Its not long, it is a short story after all, but absolutely worth reading.