Omega: The Last Days of the World (French: La Fin du monde) is a science fiction novel published in 1894 by Camille Flammarion.[1]
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| Author | Camille Flammarion |
|---|---|
| Original title | La Fin du monde |
| Publisher | Ernest Flammarion (Paris) The Cosmopolitan Publishing Company (New York) |
Publication date | 1894 |
Published in English | 1894 |
| ISBN | 0-8032-6898-X (1999 reprint) |
| OCLC | 40396597 |
| 843/.8 21 | |
| LC Class | PQ2244.F9 F513 1999 |
In the 25th century, a comet made mostly of Carbonic-Oxide (CO) could possibly collide with the Earth. The novel is concerned with the philosophy and political consequences of the end of the world.
Film version
editIn 1931, French director Abel Gance released his film adaptation of La Fin du monde, known in English as End of the World.
References
edit- ^ Camille Flammarion, La Fin du monde. Paris: Ernest Flammarion, 1894. The first English translation was published by The Cosmopolitan Publishing Company (New York) in 1894 (and reprinted by the University of Nebraska Press in 1999 for Bison Books, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg). A digitised version of the original French novel is available in the Gallica service of the Bibliothèque Nationale Française [retrieved 16 June 2015].
External links
edit- Omega: The Last Days of the World at Standard Ebooks
Omega: The Last Days of the World public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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