Ignis: The Central Fire
( French - Ignis - 1883 )
novel by Comte Didier de Chousy
translated by Brian Stableford
Published: Black Coat Press - trade paperback - 2009 ( French Science Fiction no. 3 )
ISBN: 1934543888 / 9781934543887
Black Coat Press - Nook - 2011
BN ID: 2940013309500
Black Coat Press - Kindle - 2011
ASIN: B005V0QFGC
synopsis
A novel about the industrial exploitation of Earth's central fire by a multinational cartel. It also contains fanciful digressions into biological engineering, Utopian city planning, the possibility of brain control by means of electrical stimulation and the potential exhaustion of fossil fuels.
It also features the first depiction of the revolt of machines-steam-powered non-humanoid robots-that have become intelligent, all penned at a time before the automobile was even invented.
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( French - Ignis - 1883 )
novel by Comte Didier de Chousy
translated by Brian Stableford
Published: Black Coat Press - trade paperback - 2009 ( French Science Fiction no. 3 )
ISBN: 1934543888 / 9781934543887
Black Coat Press - Nook - 2011
BN ID: 2940013309500
Black Coat Press - Kindle - 2011
ASIN: B005V0QFGC
synopsis
A novel about the industrial exploitation of Earth's central fire by a multinational cartel. It also contains fanciful digressions into biological engineering, Utopian city planning, the possibility of brain control by means of electrical stimulation and the potential exhaustion of fossil fuels.
It also features the first depiction of the revolt of machines-steam-powered non-humanoid robots-that have become intelligent, all penned at a time before the automobile was even invented.
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