In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne Paperback Book 9781513269863

From an author with countless beloved science fiction classics In the Year 2889 is a short work of science fiction that imagines the future Set in the year 2889 George Washington Smith is a wealthy and ambitious businessman He possesses a great amount of influence on his society not just because of his wealth but because he owns a newspaper In the Year 2889 depicts a sliceoflife narrative following George through his daytoday life as he attempts to change the way news is reported On the verge of a scientific breakthrough George sets a goal to make the newspaper more accessible to all challenging traditionFirst published in 1889 In the Year 2889 by Jules and Michel Verne makes impressive and imaginative predictions for the future including video conferences home delivery of meals flying cars advertisement projected on clouds and an average life expectancy of sixtyeight years Though some of these inventions seem absurd most are quite familiar to modern day readers While In the Year 2889 sought to imagine a life a thousand years into the future most of its predictions were realized just over one hundred years later Though it no longer applies to the future of a contemporary...