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Cover by Gil Formosa kindle nook epub or pdf through personal e-mail delivery (please specify which format you prefer when you order): $5.99   NEWS FROM THE MOON Nine proto-science fiction tales by Georges Eekhoud, Stéphane Mallarmé, Guy de Maupassant, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Eugène Mouton, Fernand Noat, Jean Richepin, Adrien Robert & Albert Robida edited by Brian Stableford "Ah, if I had my apes, the pirates wouldn't hold on for long!" Farandoul said. "I can save you," said a firm voice, which suddenly emerged from the depths of the tunnel. Farandoul drew his revolver. "Fear not, I'm a friend," the voice added. "I am Captain Nemo, and I will save you." Captain Nemo Meets The King of the Apes US$22.95/GBP 14.99 5x8 tpb, 320 pages ISBN-10: 1-932983-89-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-932983-89-0 This collection of nine proto-science fiction tales, translated and edited by renowned science fiction writer and scholar Brian Stableford, ranges from Louis-Sébastien Mercier's 1768 opening tale, in which the hero communicates with the dead through a beam that anticipates a modern-day laser, to an 1887 story by Guy de Maupassant that speculates on Martian life. In between, we have tales of a heart transplant, a device that can see through time and an alien dragon. The book also includes Albert Robida's classic novella "The Monkey King" in which Saturnin Farandoul, shipwrecked as a baby and raised by apes on a Pacific Island, visits the Mysterious Island and joins forces with Captain Nemo to battle the savage pirate hordes of Bora-Bora. The stories gathered here exemplify the manifest intention of writers from the 18th and early 19th centuries to create a new genre of modern, imaginative fiction, distinctively different from the Utopias and occult romances typical of the times. This edition includes a historical introduction and notes by Stableford. Contents: News from the Moon (1768) by Louis-Sébastien Mercier The Embalmed Hand (1867) by Adrien Robert The Future Phenomenon (1866) by Stéphane Mallarmé The Metaphysical Machine (1877) by Jules Richepin The Monkey King (1879) by Albert Robida (excerpt from The Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul) The Historioscope (1883) by Eugène Mouton Tony Wandel's Heart (1884) by Georges Eekhoud Martian Mankind (1887) by Guy de Maupassant The Red Triangle (1902) by Fernand Noat Introduction & Notes by Brian Stableford