Jules Lermina (1839-1915), was one of the most interesting authors of French romans scientifiques in the latter part of the 19th century. This collection of his works includes "The Nail" (1870), the classic "Burn This!" (1888), and the eponymous novella "The Secret of Zippelius" (1893), in which young Conrad Zippelius receives a letter about a mysterious inheritance that comes with a secret that could destroy the world.
Jules Lermina (1839-1915), was one of the most interesting authors of French romans scientifiques in the latter part of the 19th century. This collect...
The father of science fiction illustration, and the author of "The Clock of the Centuries" and "The Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul," Robida (1848-1926), was the most significant of all of Jules Verne's successors. In "Chalet in the Sky" (1925), Robida's last novel and literary "swan song," he boldly steps forward into the far future when man has emigrated to other worlds beyond a bleak and exhausted Earth.
The father of science fiction illustration, and the author of "The Clock of the Centuries" and "The Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul," Robida (1848-19...
