A Fantasy of Dr Ox

By Jules Verne, Foreword by Gilbert Adair

Hesperus Classics

FICTION

112 Pages, 4.7 x 7.5

Trade Paper, $12.95 (US $12.95) (CA $15.95)

Publication Date: October 2003

ISBN 9781843910671

Rights: US, CA, AU & NZ

Hesperus Press (Oct 2003)

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Overview

Overview

Something very strange is in the air of the harmonious town of Quiquendone. Unknown to its inhabitants, the mad genius Dr. Ox has unleashed a veil of oxyhydric gas over the townÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Âhis own living laboratoryÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Âin an attempt to spice things up. In his amusing portrait of an idyllic community suddenly overtaken by an appetite for aggression, Jules Verne points to the ease with which any societyÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Âand the modern resonance is unmissableÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Âcan be manipulated by its masters into hatred and war. Jules Verne was the originator of modern science fiction; among his works are Around the World in Eighty Days and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

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