Amilec, or the Seeds of Mankind

( French - Amilec, Ou la graine d'hommes qui sert à peupler les planétes - 1753 )

novel by Charles-Francois Tiphaigne de la Roche

translator not given

Published: W. Needham - hardback - 1753
ISBN: none

Gale Ecco ( Cengage ) - trade paperback - 2010 ( POD )
ISBN: 1140665464 / 9781140665465


synopsis
Deals with the concept of journeys through the Solar System. Extrapolates a method of using human seeds to populate other planets. It may seem primitive, but is a fascinating prediction of what would eventually become cosmology and embriology.

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titled "Amilec and Other Satirical Fantasies" ( omnibus, translated by Brian Stableford ) ( French Science Fiction 58 )
Black Coat Press - trade paperback - 2011
ISBN: 1612270336 / 9781612270333

Black Coat Press ( Barnes & Noble ) - Nook - 2012
BN ID: 2940014717236

Black Coat Press ( Amazon ) - Kindle - 2012
ASIN: B008C1XKEW


contents
Introduction by Brian Stableford
Amilec; or, The Human Seed that Serves to Populate the Planets ( aka Amilec, ou La Graine d'Hommes qui Sert à Peupler les Planètes 1753 )
Zamar, Amilec's Delegate to the Moon ( aka Zamar, député à la lune par Amilec, Grand-Maître de la Manufacture des Graines d'Hommes, augmentée de la Relation du Voyage d'un Sublunaire 1754 )
Giphantie aka Giphantie 1760 )
Zazirocracy; or, The Empire of the Zaziris over Humankind ( aka L'Empire des zaziris sur les humains, ou le zazirocracy 1761 )
Notes by Brian Stableford

synopsis
Amilec
Deals with the concept of journeys through the Solar System. Extrapolates a method of using human seeds to populate other planets. It may seem primitive, but is a fascinating prediction of what would eventually become cosmology and embriology.
Zamar
Zamar incorporates a Fantastic Voyage to the Moon and Venus, plus two short Utopias, told Satirically.
Giphantie
The characters explore the secret land of Giphantie located deep in Africa, where a race of secret supermen live in majestic isolation watching a medium remarkably similar to television.
Zazirocrac
A tale of secret invasion imagining that mysterious beings, descendents of the sylphs and djinns of legend, live hidden among us, secretly controlling the destiny of Humankind.

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