The Eternal Adam
1 hr. 30 min.
Description
The rise and fall of civilizations can be cyclical, and even with all its achievements, humanity is not eternal…
Jules Verne rarely turned to the short story genre, so “The Eternal Adam” is not as well known to the public as it deserves. And it’s interesting above all because it’s one of the early works that combines elements of a disaster novel with what is now called post-apocalypse. Today the story feels outdated: the engulfing of the entire Earth’s surface in the depths of the ocean in a few days; the emergence of new living species over the lifetime of a couple of human generations; a solar system in which only seven planets are known, and so on—well, it was written almost 120 years ago! Much more valuable, however, are the reflections that the rise and fall of civilizations can be cyclical, and that humanity—despite all its achievements—is not eternal, meaning it isn’t immune to rapid regression.
Jules Verne rarely turned to the short story genre, so “The Eternal Adam” is not as well known to the public as it deserves. And it’s interesting above all because it’s one of the early works that combines elements of a disaster novel with what is now called post-apocalypse. Today the story feels outdated: the engulfing of the entire Earth’s surface in the depths of the ocean in a few days; the emergence of new living species over the lifetime of a couple of human generations; a solar system in which only seven planets are known, and so on—well, it was written almost 120 years ago! Much more valuable, however, are the reflections that the rise and fall of civilizations can be cyclical, and that humanity—despite all its achievements—is not eternal, meaning it isn’t immune to rapid regression.
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Верн Жюль - Вечный Адам (Гуржий Ю.)
