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Paris in the Twentieth Century
Paris in the Twentieth Century | Jules Verne
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Originally written in 1863, a lost novel by the author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea presents a chilling forecast of Paris in 1960, a world where money and technology control society and a young poet finds himself out of place in the materialistic, mechanistic society. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
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Cayuse
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Mehso-so

I love Verne. I love dystopians. But as I read, I had to admit that I found the story deeply, profoundly boring. Verne, boring? How?! I puzzled for days over it.

Then it hit me: Verne's battle has already been lost. His nightmare is my home. I'm a natural-born Winston Smith, and I'm so far removed from the world Verne once loved I can feel no grief at its passing.

The book is boring, but now I get chills thinking about it.
#dystopian #classics

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cmarielandis
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Going old-school with my dystopia today...