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Underground Man
Gabriel Tarde
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This post-apocalyptic novella tells the story of the downfall of civilization and mankind following a solar cataclysm in the late 20th century. To survive, the remnants of humanity had to build a new civilization underground in the complete absence of all species except mankind, choosing to base it only on love and beauty, the fine arts and intellectual pursuits.
This post-apocalyptic novella tells the story of the downfall of civilization and mankind following a solar cataclysm in the late 20th century. To survive, the remnants of humanity had to build a new civilization underground in the complete absence of all species except mankind, choosing to base it only on love and beauty, the fine arts and intellectual pursuits.
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Community Reviews
The future "rocks!"
I ran into a bit of initial frustration when attempting to read and review an English translation of this book, and I almost gave up, but it worked out well in the end. "Underground Man" was originally titled "Fragment d'histoire future," and is an 1896 post-apocalyptic utopian fa
Thought it was going to be a nineteenth century dystopia with the message being an environmentalism ahead of its time, but turned out to be… was this dissing eggheads ahead of its time, or dissing incels ahead of its time?
El frances Gabriel Tarde (1843-1904), nos ofrece con su obra "Fragmento de historia futura", publicada en 1896, una original distopia que parte de la premisa de un confinamiento forzoso de la humanidad en el subsuelo, debido a una nueva era glacial derivada de un sol agonizante.
Este cataclismo llega
Interesting, man versus nature
¨Pero para el teórico, para el artista, para el esteticista de todos los géneros, producir es una pasíon, consumir es un gusto. Puesto que todo artista es también un aficionado; pero su afición, relativa a las demás artes antes que a la suya, no representa en su vida más que un papel secundario comp
Ler as utopias de outrora - as honestas e as irônicas - é sempre um fascínio. Em poucos outros lugares se encontra com tanta clareza os sonhos e os pesadelos de uma época, aquilo que ela deseja e aquilo que abomina, em suma, como vê e pensa e sente o mundo.
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