![]() ![]() It was subsequently republished as a book. The novel is set in the future and features uncanny parallels to World War Two, including an attack on London by Germany and a conflict between Japan and the United States. ![]() La Guerre Infernale ("The Infernal War"), a 1908 serial adventure novel for children that appeared weekly every Saturday.La Fin du Cheval ("The End of the Horse"), on the inevitable replacement of the horse by the bicycle and then by the car.Robida illustrated two works by Pierre Giffard: His Téléphonoscope was a flat screen television display that delivered the latest news 24-hours a day, the latest plays, courses, and teleconferences. His La Guerre au vingtième siècle describes modern warfare, with robotic missiles and poison gas. Unlike Verne, he proposed inventions integrated into everyday life, not creations of mad scientists, and he imagined the social developments that arose from them, often with accuracy: social advancement of women, mass tourism, pollution, etc. These works drew comparison with Jules Verne. ![]() Futuristic TrilogyĪlbert Robida was rediscovered thanks to his trilogy of futuristic works: He illustrated tourist guides, works of popular history, and literary classics. In 1880, with Georges Decaux, he founded his own magazine La Caricature, which he edited for 12 years. In 1866 he joined Journal amusant as an illustrator. He studied to become a notary, but was more interested in caricature. He was born in Compiègne, France, the son of a carpenter. ![]()
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