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    Science Fiction and Future Visions

    John Uri Lloyd’s *Etidorhpa* (1895)
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    Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    John Uri Lloyd’s Etidorhpa (1895)

    The Future Imagined in Albert Robida’s *La vie électrique* (1890)
    Books / 
    Technology, The Future

    The Future Imagined in Albert Robida’s La vie électrique (1890)

    Octave Uzanne’s “The End of Books” (1894)
    Books / 
    Technology, The Future

    Octave Uzanne’s “The End of Books” (1894)

    1970: A Vision of the Coming Age (1870)
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    The Future

    1970: A Vision of the Coming Age (1870)

    Omega: The Last Days of the World (1894)
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    Astronomy & Space, The Future

    Omega: The Last Days of the World (1894)

    Émile-Antoine Bayard’s Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)
    Images / 
    Technology, Astronomy & Space

    Émile-Antoine Bayard’s Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)

    Micromégas by Voltaire (1752)
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    Wisdom, Astronomy & Space, The Future

    Micromégas by Voltaire (1752)

    Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)
    Books / 
    Politics, War

    Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906
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    Technology

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906

    A Traveler from Altruria (1894)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture

    A Traveler from Altruria (1894)

    To New Horizons (1940)
    Film / 
    Technology, The Future

    To New Horizons (1940)

    London a Hundred Years Hence (1857)
    Books / 
    The Future

    London a Hundred Years Hence (1857)

    The Telephonoscope (1879)
    Images / 
    Technology, The Future, Communication

    The Telephonoscope (1879)

    After London (1911)
    Books / 
    The Future

    After London (1911)

    A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future (1894)
    Books / 
    Astronomy & Space, The Future

    A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future (1894)

    Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000
    Images / 
    The Future

    Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000

    Sartorial Foresight: *Future Dictates of Fashion* (1893)
    Books / 
    Fashion, The Future

    Sartorial Foresight: Future Dictates of Fashion (1893)

    Design for Dreaming (1956)
    Film / 
    Fashion, Technology, The Future

    Design for Dreaming (1956)

    Lost Futures: A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Technology, The Future

    Lost Futures: A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000

    Across the Zodiac: the Story of a Wrecked Record (1880)
    Books / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other', Astronomy & Space, The Future

    Across the Zodiac: the Story of a Wrecked Record (1880)

    Space Colony Art from the 1970s
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space, The Future

    Space Colony Art from the 1970s

    Armata: a fragment (1817)
    Books / 
    Astronomy & Space, The Future

    Armata: a fragment (1817)