![]() ![]() Sometimes long-winded (seriously, very long), but the real highlight is that Robida illustrated it himself, so you get to see his fun futurism brought to life in a lively fashion on page after page. There are also air-wars, but they seem more exciting than frightening. There's sky pirates and telephonic courtship and attempts at a fun revolution, but Nihilist bombings destroyed Russia so utterly there's neither Nihilists nor Russians anymore, and Italy has become a theme park for American tourists. It's a mix of utopianism and satire and deadly warnings- some things are awesome, other things less so (emancipated women are so un-feminine they even have harsh names!), and other things are just supposed to be funny (the president is an automaton, which I feel like is the nineteenth-century equivalent of Futurama's disembodied heads). ![]() This is one of those futuristic novels that doesn't have a story per se, but is more an exploration/travelogue of a fantastic future. ![]()
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