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In the Year 2889 - Community Reviews back

by Jules Verne
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BrokenTune
BrokenTune rated it 7 years ago
This is a short story that was originally attributed to Jules Verne but was in all likelihood written by his son Michel. As a story, this is all over the place and serves as a mere collection of headlines of what inventions have been made by the year 2889 to make life easier. There is no plot, no ...
Injoy's Blogs + Book Reviews
Injoy's Blogs + Book Reviews rated it 8 years ago
In the Year 2889 by Jules Vern is an interesting example of forecasting a future possibility. It was first published in February 1889. Many of his described devices, while called by different names, have come about at the present time. For the imagination involved I gave it four stars. "Hence is s...
futurista
futurista rated it 55 years ago
The future was closer than Verne thought. 877 years ahead of schedule, we already have Skype, iPods, online newspapers, a life expectancy that is beyond 37 (or even the projected 52), and scientifically created food. However, we do not have a self-renewing energy source and have not found alien life...
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