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In The Year 2889
by
Jules Verne
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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I won't get into the controversy about who wrote this essay/short story. Suffice to say, we'll never know. What we do know is that, like any other work by Verne (or Verne family in this case), this is work of a visionary.
There is no plot. There is no get-to-know period for the few featured characters. For all we know, Mr. Smith could be either a good guy or a mean son of a bitch mogul, but it doesn't matter.
The goodies? Uncannily exact predictions about the future.
Skyscrapers/overpopulation:
There is no plot. There is no get-to-know period for the few featured characters. For all we know, Mr. Smith could be either a good guy or a mean son of a bitch mogul, but it doesn't matter.
The goodies? Uncannily exact predictions about the future.
Skyscrapers/overpopulation:
How...more
This story written by Verne in the year 1889 tries to visualize the world of 2889 through the imaginative eyes of the author. The story has it's own merits if we keep in mind that hardly any new technologies which we enjoy today were there in 1889.
The story is no '1984' thought and produced in 1948, but it has it's own merits. The author has thought about video conferencing, fiber optics communication to the most advanced stage, food delivered through pipelines, sky advertising, artificial rain...more
The story is no '1984' thought and produced in 1948, but it has it's own merits. The author has thought about video conferencing, fiber optics communication to the most advanced stage, food delivered through pipelines, sky advertising, artificial rain...more
This book, or short story rather, has a little bit of literary controversy surrounding it because it has been released as Jules Verne however most believe as do I that his son Michael wrote at least half of it. Partially because of this the story isn’t the most loved of his works, which is sort of a shame, not because it’s a great and gripping story, it’s not, but if you look at the fact that it was written, by father or son, in the late 1800’s, we can see impressive imaginative insight on the w...more
This was an interesting, and quick, read. We all know Jules Verne had a knack for coming up with futuristic concepts and items that ultimately became close to reality (atomic submarines and manned expeditions to the moon, to name a couple). In this novel (or novella, maybe?), he describes a day in the life of a newspaper editor in 2889. Some pretty cool concepts were put across, such as subscribing to news feeds, which are delivered directly to the recipient via telephonic devices and telephote,...more
A quick short story that follows around for a day the life of a business tycoon. As most SF, it's interesting to see the culture of the time it was written reflected, most obviously the high regard and infallible nature of the captains of industry. For example, when a cloudless day leaves the advertising department with nothing to project images onto the subject of the story declares seriously that the research department should find a way to make more cloudy days, and this is seen as a reasonab...more
This book --credited to Jules Verne but thought by some to have been written by his son, Michel-- is an interesting look at what the far future will look like. There are a few points in which it seems more likely to be on the mark than others. Of course, the author(s) did not see the vast technological advancement of the 20th century, and so can be excused for vastly underestimating the time taken to achieve some technological goals.
The vehicle for the story is a day in the life of a "newspaper...more
The vehicle for the story is a day in the life of a "newspaper...more
Mar 25, 2012
Mallory Anne-Marie Forbes
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Science Fiction, Futuristic, Dystopian
An enterprising view of the far future composed in 1889, this short essay is said to have been the product of Jules Verne, the famous author of futuristic fiction, but is more likely to have been written by his son Michel Verne. It is interesting now, 123 years after publication, to consider what the Vernes, pere et fils, viewed for 1000 years into the future.
One fine example is a newspaper, published for thirty generations, in America, which is transmitted daily to subscribers in spoken or rec...more
One fine example is a newspaper, published for thirty generations, in America, which is transmitted daily to subscribers in spoken or rec...more
This was a fun story. Its not clear if Michael or Jules Verne wrote it, but it gives the reader into a glimpse of what a typical day might be like for someone in 2889. This was obviously based on whatever technology Verne thought might exist 1000 years from the time it was written.
The best part is that we are already beyond much of the technology in the book. Newspapers are around, but now people pay to have someone read it to them. With our computers, smart phones, tablets, televisions and the...more
The best part is that we are already beyond much of the technology in the book. Newspapers are around, but now people pay to have someone read it to them. With our computers, smart phones, tablets, televisions and the...more
"Los hombres de este siglo XXIX viven en medio de una hechicería continua, sin parecer darse cuenta de ello; abrumados de maravillas, perma- necen fríos e indiferentes ante las que el progreso les aporta cada día; todo les parece natural; si la comparasen con el pasado, apreciarían mejor nuestra civilización y se darían cuenta del camino recorrido. ¡Cuánto más admirables les parecerían nuestras ciudades modernas, con calles de cien metros de anchas, con casas de trescientos metros de al...more
In the Year 2889:
Here we find a very short novella written by the son of Jules Verne, Michel, in which we follow a gentleman named Mr. Smith (the editor of the Earth Chronicle) as he goes about his very busy day at the office.
The story highlights certain amazing inventions that the populous of 2889 take for granted including; the invention of the television/webcam-linked computer system and billboard clouds (this personally frightens me. I have enough issues with annoying ads on my TV and compu...more
Here we find a very short novella written by the son of Jules Verne, Michel, in which we follow a gentleman named Mr. Smith (the editor of the Earth Chronicle) as he goes about his very busy day at the office.
The story highlights certain amazing inventions that the populous of 2889 take for granted including; the invention of the television/webcam-linked computer system and billboard clouds (this personally frightens me. I have enough issues with annoying ads on my TV and compu...more
It was a bit short, but it was fascinating to think what people in the 19th century thought of the far future. It was rather funny to see how their views of the future were drastically different from ours, such as the mirrors on the wall that they would use to talk to each other far away. It was also funny to see how slowly Jules Verne thought that technology would advance; most of the tech he describes in the book has already been invented, not 200 years after the book was published!
Jules Verne has once again proven to be hauntingly accurate in his portrayal of future technologies and their use in everyday life. I have no idea how he (or his son Michael, as there is some controversy as to the authorship) chose which scientific areas of inquiry would develop into the stunning advancements that we have today, much less how he effectively foresaw the creation of the internet and video-chatting. I am sorely disappointed that it was not longer.
It is fun to read about how a man in 1889 thought the world would be a thousand years in the future. Little did he know that we already are far ahead of what he predicted, at least in some aspects. It appears he did not predict the "women's liberation", for instance. I do hope we will never have continual commercials projected in the clouds!
I did like the "semi-steampunkness" of it, but I would enjoy it more if it was a full novel where the reader would get to know the main character better, and...more
I did like the "semi-steampunkness" of it, but I would enjoy it more if it was a full novel where the reader would get to know the main character better, and...more
A cool, short read. It really is amazing that so many of the predictions are close to, or exactly how things are today. We have actually advanced past some of the things mentioned! I thought the characters were cool and I thought the ending was quite good. Although, this isn't really a book it feels more like a short story. The writing was kind of hard to understand at times, but for the most part it was a pretty easy read.
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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 forms within our solar system. Read this novella to experience a day in the life of a man from 2889.
This attempt to look 1000 years into the future makes you smile. The mental images as you read will be in black and white, reminiscent of Metropolis or old Buck Rogers films. It also promotes, by comparison, a certain awe at the the actual advances of only the past century. Despite being the best futurist of his day, Verne had no idea how fast technology would evolve. I wish he could be here to see it.
La imaginación de Verne resulta, a menudo, premonitoria; pero en esta cortísima novela puede darse uno cuenta de los progresos que se han realizado en el último siglo, en que varias de las propuestas de Verne para el siglo XXIX prácticamente pueden verse hoy. Es una interesante reflexión sobre el futuro, pero no es ninguna maravilla la obra: parece una novela que se quedó sin escribir.
In the Year 2889 takes place in a distant future rather badly predicted - far less accurately than in Verne's Paris In The 20th Century. Almost everything herein has either been invented already, mostly in the 1930s-50s or is briefly mentioned such as flying coaches or new national borders. The story is slight and, though short, I still found it less than exciting.
Mar 16, 2010
Hans
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Impressive, Jules Verne was able to predict many things about the future that have already come to pass. He must have had a very expansive imagination to come up with some of the ideas that he did. For example he essentially already predicted the internet, web-cameras, airplanes, Helicopters amongst others. This short story is nothing more than an imaginative tour-de-force.
This is a quick little description of what life might be like in 2889, and describes one day in the life of a very wealthy man of that time. I think it is interesting to read what advances were thought of years and centuries ago, and how they compare to what we have actually done since.
This is not a very exciting story. But sadly, taken out of its period and thrust into my brain in 2011, it loses a lot of imagination. A short read, typical of the Vernes family. It's full of scattered ideas and nonsensical flights of fancy. I wasn't swept away with it.
A little interesting, but extremely dry. Technical aspects very inventive, but no compelling storyline. Should've been a short read, but I had to reread half the pages because I couldn't stay interested.
Amusing read of predictions for the future, many are accurate already and the years seemed to be the only thing in egregious error. That being said the story is a little slow and nothing interesting actually happens at all.
Impressive little novella that shows Verne's genius when it came to predicting the future, including such things as solar power, hydroelectric power, Internet news, and even the European Union.
Interesting take on what one day would be like for one man in 2889. I liked the one room for everything idea! And the demise of the newspaper was interestingly foreshadowed in this. Weird...
Wow. What an incredibly forward-thinking essay about the 29th century. It's remarkable how much Verne conjured up and got correct, not simply remarkable but eerie. What a fascinating, quick read!
Quite short, but interesting how a visionary of his time saw the world going forward. Amazing how close he is with some items (so near, but yet so far) whilst other stuff is just weird...
A very interesting look at the Future of the Past. A world that works on hydro and solar power but that is just beginning to see glimpses of what could be described as the Internet.
"Transform into heat a portion of the surplus energy at our disposal; send the heat to the poles; then the polar regions, relieved of their snow-cap, will become a vast territory available for man's use. What think you of the scheme?"
Yeah, right.
Yeah, right.
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Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the genre of science-fiction. He is best known for his novels "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1864), "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870), and "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1873).
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