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Venusian Broon · 14th March 2012, 02:23 AM

Jules Verne in the 1860's got told by his editor:

"In this piece, there is not a single issue concerning the real future that is properly resolved, no critique that hasn’t already been made and remade before. I am surprised at you ... [it is] lacklustre and lifeless."

In this work ("Paris in the Twentieth Century) he predicted:
-Mutal assured destruction
-Skyscrapers
-Petrol-powered automobiles
-High-speed trains
-Calculators & Computers
-A worldwide "telegraphic" communications networks (Internet-ish)
-Electric chairs (criminals "executed by electric charge")

Also, I believe it predicted the soul-numbing boredom of modern work as well.

So he put it in a safe and forgot about it
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It eventually got published in 1994 when it became fact, more or less..

14th March 2012, 02:23 AM	#35 (permalink)
Venusian Broon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Greater London Posts: 991	Re: Books like your wip? Jules Verne in the 1860's got told by his editor: "In this piece, there is not a single issue concerning the real future that is properly resolved, no critique that hasn’t already been made and remade before. I am surprised at you ... [it is] lacklustre and lifeless." In this work ("Paris in the Twentieth Century) he predicted: -Mutal assured destruction -Skyscrapers -Petrol-powered automobiles -High-speed trains -Calculators & Computers -A worldwide "telegraphic" communications networks (Internet-ish) -Electric chairs (criminals "executed by electric charge") Also, I believe it predicted the soul-numbing boredom of modern work as well. So he put it in a safe and forgot about it . . . It eventually got published in 1994 when it became fact, more or less..