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3.9/5 Babelio Language French Published in English 1978, 2010, 2012 OCLC 774276672 | 3.4/5 Goodreads Original title La Mort de la Terre Publication date 1910 Originally published 1910 Country Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translators George E. Slusser (1978, 2012), Brian Stableford (2010) Publisher Arno Press (US), Black Coat Press (US), Wesleyan University Press (US) Genres Science Fiction, Adventure fiction Similar J-H Rosny aîné books, Science Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La mort de la terre
The Death of the Earth (French: La Mort de la Terre) is a 1910 Belgian novel by J.-H. Rosny aîné.
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Plot summary
In the far future the Earth has become an immense, dry desert. Small communities of future humans, partially adapted to the harsher climate, survive united by the “Great Planetary” communications web. The means for human survival are rapidly diminishing beyond repair, the remaining supplies of water failing or becoming increasingly hard to find. Alongside of which a barely comprehensible form of life – “ferromagnetals” (“les ferromagnétaux”) – have begun to develop and spread within and throughout the Earth itself.
The narrative focuses mainly on group of humans led by Targ, who at the beginning of the story is the “watchman” (“veilleur”) of the Great Planetary.