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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Despite reading The Mummy! once, I ended up having to read it again in short order because I decided to write about it, and the version that I read was unfortunately abridged. So an impromptu journey through the full version-- thankfully available on Google Books-- was born. The Mummy! was definitely slower this time around, though I don't know if that's because it was unabridged or because I'd read it all before. But it was still enjoyable, and the full version includes more scenes of the lower classes being overeducated, which was one of my favorite jokes in the book. The best additional scene, though, was when Dr. Entwerfen and Edric are put on trial in Egypt for violating a pyramid, only it turns out the witnesses are more interested in what they ate for breakfast. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Published in 1827, The Mummy is set in the then-distant future of 2126 and envisions a world of advanced technology with some striking similarities to the one we know now, including a form of Internet. Steam-powered automatons take important roles such as lawyers and surgeons, farming work can be done by steam-powered plough, and ladies wear hair ornaments of controlled fire.This visionary technological setting is contrasted with a morality that has seemingly gone awry and it falls to the reanimated mummy of Cheops to try to find a role in this corrupted society.Jane C. Loudon (née Webb) was among the earliest science fiction writers and a pioneer for several popular themes. The Mummy was her first fiction book and was the first known story to feature an Egyptian mummy returning to life. Although written nearly two centuries ago, and set in an age yet to come, Loudon's work seems remarkably prescient; many of the issues in The Mummy parallel the issues faced by the society of the early 21st century. A fascinating view of a world to come from one of the first writers in the genre. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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