Sign-In
Cart
Memoirs of the Twentieth Century
Paperback
Please select the version of book you would like to purchase.
ISBN10: 061538739X
ISBN13: 9780615387390
Publisher: Halmos
Published: Aug 21 2010
Pages: 348
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780615387390
Publisher: Halmos
Published: Aug 21 2010
Pages: 348
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Written in 1733, Memoirs of the Twentieth Century is widely regarded to contain the earliest known conception of time-travel and, in particular, the first cognitive leap that would allow for a historicized image of the present as seen from the point of view of a distant future. Intriguingly, it is the text itself which is claimed to have traveled back in time and Madden has used this conceit to satirize his own period - tracing out its bureaucratic absurdities into a strange yet pointed vision of the late 20th century: a world politically fraught, overwhelmed with corruption and struggling to reconcile religious faith with scientific discovery. This new edition includes Liam Gillick's Prevision. Should the Future Help the Past?
Also from
Madden, Samuel
Themistocles, the Lover of His Country: A Tragedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's -Inn-Fields
Madden, Samuel
Paperback
$19.94
The Nature And Time Of The Second Advent Of Messiah: Considered In Four Letters
Madden, Samuel
Paperback
$29.94
The Nature And Time Of The Second Advent Of Messiah: Considered In Four Letters
Madden, Samuel
Paperback
$29.94
Also in
Science Fiction
On the Calculation of Volume (Book I): Shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize
Balle, Solvej
Paperback
$14.36
Red Rising 3-Book Box Set: Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star, and an Exclusive Extended Excerpt of Iron Gold
Brown, Pierce
Paperback
$55.10