Rakkox the Billionaire and the Great Race
( German - Rakkox der Billionär Ein Protzenroman / Die wilde Jagd - 1899 / 1900 )
novellas by Paul Scheerbart
illustrated by Félix Vallotton
translated by W. Bamberger
Published: Wakefield Press - paperback - 2015
ISBN: 1939663121 / 9781939663122
synopsis
Rakkox the Billionaire
The tale of a multibillionaire who abandons his militaristic aspirations ( & such Quixotic fantasies dreamed up by his Department of Invention as the utilization of herring in submarine warfare) in favor of a plan to convert a cliff into a work of architectural art.
The Great Race
Describes an intergalactic competition among worm spirits who wish to separate from their stars and achieve true autonomy in a ferocious race of winged sleds, cannon-airships, sky-high wheel-shaped vehicles & 100-mile-tall stilt machines. The winners will be transformed into gods.
awards
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( German - Rakkox der Billionär Ein Protzenroman / Die wilde Jagd - 1899 / 1900 )
novellas by Paul Scheerbart
illustrated by Félix Vallotton
translated by W. Bamberger
Published: Wakefield Press - paperback - 2015
ISBN: 1939663121 / 9781939663122
synopsis
Rakkox the Billionaire
The tale of a multibillionaire who abandons his militaristic aspirations ( & such Quixotic fantasies dreamed up by his Department of Invention as the utilization of herring in submarine warfare) in favor of a plan to convert a cliff into a work of architectural art.
The Great Race
Describes an intergalactic competition among worm spirits who wish to separate from their stars and achieve true autonomy in a ferocious race of winged sleds, cannon-airships, sky-high wheel-shaped vehicles & 100-mile-tall stilt machines. The winners will be transformed into gods.
awards
….