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also read Jules Verne "Paris in the 20th Century" ISBN 034542039 Ion Negru 04:45, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have read it and was utterly disappointed, although I have been a long time fan of Verne. His prediction powers, however, were very poor in this book. Mantegazza is in a whole different class. --R.Sabbatini 23:00, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although the two were written with the same intent; Verne paints in dark colours and Mantegazza in bright. I dont think Verne was any less prescient in predictions - fax machine, motorcars, the decline of fine arts toward commercialism (libraries full of "how-to" books and computer-composed music) etc. were impressive and ring true today (unfortunately). Although the span of prediction was exactly 10x greater for M, V often took the easy way - describing what already existed (i.e. an ocean liner ship) but rather on an enourmous scale (a common theme from him). LAnno 3000 was arguably Mantegazza's best work, where the Verne book is certainly not. Also interesting - neither author could break his compulsive Eurocentrism - both worlds would be firmly centered in Europe, albeit transnational Europe at peace. The future just aint what it used to be. Fekete János 23:17, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]