Robida’s Fantastic Drawings of the "Twentieth Century"

On Monday, the podcast returns for Season 3!  I have quite a line-up planned, with plenty of variety, so stay tuned for that.

As a sneak peek – Monday’s episode features two French authors: Jules Verne and Albert Robida. Both authors wrote futuristic, coming-of-age novels set in the 20th century.  I’ll talk about their predictions in the episode, but for now, check out these illustrations by Robida:

An air-yacht
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A floating casino
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A house in the clouds
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Dueling journalists
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Taking the tube

2 Comments

  1. great imagination, there… i don't know if you've ever read any Stanislaw Lem? his illustrator was Daniel Mroz and the above drawings remind me very much of his… Lem's drawings also bear a resemblance… Lem's books are wonderful: he's the writer who wrote Solaris, that they've made a couple of films of…

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