Daâh: The First Human
( French - Daâh le premier homme - 1914 )
novel by Edmond Haraucourt
translated by Brian Stableford
Published: Black Coat Press - trade paperback - 2014 ( French Science Fiction no. 134 )
ISBN:1612273556 / 9781612273556
synopsis
The novel begins with the proto-humans Dâh and his wives, Hock and Ta, living a solitary existence, and then sketches, episodically, an account of their slow ascent towards civilisation. It proceeds through a sequence of epiphanies that includes the invention of families, the axe, clothes, religion, fire and, ultimately, a burgeoning awareness of what will someday become our world.
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( French - Daâh le premier homme - 1914 )
novel by Edmond Haraucourt
translated by Brian Stableford
Published: Black Coat Press - trade paperback - 2014 ( French Science Fiction no. 134 )
ISBN:1612273556 / 9781612273556
synopsis
The novel begins with the proto-humans Dâh and his wives, Hock and Ta, living a solitary existence, and then sketches, episodically, an account of their slow ascent towards civilisation. It proceeds through a sequence of epiphanies that includes the invention of families, the axe, clothes, religion, fire and, ultimately, a burgeoning awareness of what will someday become our world.
awards
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