Comments on: Mondo 2000 http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/03/24/mondo-2000/ a blog and podcast dedicated to discussing text arts forms Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:36:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en Writer Response Theory 2004-2005 wrt@writerresponsetheory.org (Writer Response Theory) wrt@writerresponsetheory.org Talk Radio Comment-cast: Mondo 2000 Comment-cast: Mondo 2000 Writer Response Theory Writer Response Theory wrt@writerresponsetheory.org http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/iTWRT.JPG WRT: Writer Response Theory http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress 144 144 by: Webkatalog http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/03/24/mondo-2000/#comment-240360 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:28:13 +0000 http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/03/24/mondo-2000/#comment-240360 I have this informativ and excelent site bookmarked. Thanks from Webkatalog I have this informativ and excelent site bookmarked. Thanks from Webkatalog

]]> Webkatalog I have this informativ and excelent site bookmarked. Thanks from Webkatalog I have this informativ and excelent site bookmarked. Thanks from Webkatalog by: CorvusE http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/03/24/mondo-2000/#comment-70 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/03/24/mondo-2000/#comment-70 I loved Mondo in it's early years. I think I still have that book on my shelf somewhere too. Thanks for the nostalgia boost! I loved Mondo in it’s early years. I think I still have that book on my shelf somewhere too. Thanks for the nostalgia boost!

]]> CorvusE I loved Mondo in it's early years. I think I still have that book on my shelf somewhere too. ... I loved Mondo in it's early years. I think I still have that book on my shelf somewhere too. ... by: Christy Dena http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/03/24/mondo-2000/#comment-69 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/03/24/mondo-2000/#comment-69 On the flipside of your find is the long lost (or never known) manuscript by Jules Verne. The story, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/034542039X/103-3902980-1291038?v=glance">Paris in the Twentieth Century</a>, was written in 1863 but was rejected by publishers for being too far-fetched. The story is set in a futuristic Paris where technology is idolised above all Arts. Verne describes extraordinary machines such as elevators and faxes, and sketches the journey of an luddite artist in such an environment. The protagnoist, Michel Dufrenoy, is a poet who shuffles betweens menial jobs, unable to express his creative side. His employers are acutely aware, however, of his uniqueness:<br /> <blockquote> "The boy is monumentally inept," the banker observed.<br /> "The claims of truth oblige me to agree," replied the Cashier.<br /> "He is what used to be called an artist," Athanase broke in, "and what we would call a ninny."<br /> "In his hands, the machine is becoming a dangerous instrument," returned the banker. (p.55) </blockquote> In the end Dufrenoy chooses his creativity, his urge to write and think above work, above conformity. The tale has a bleak ending -- typical of Steampunk soothesayers. <img src="/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/verne.jpg" border="1" alt="verne" /><br /> <br /> The manuscript was found in a safe in 1988, unpublished because of the technophilic visions, while <em>Mondo 2000</em> is published but then found in a street market...it seems humanity balances itself out in the end.<br /> <br /> Verne, J. and R. Howard (1996) Paris in the Twentieth Century, Random House, New York.<br /> On the flipside of your find is the long lost (or never known) manuscript by Jules Verne. The story, Paris in the Twentieth Century, was written in 1863 but was rejected by publishers for being too far-fetched. The story is set in a futuristic Paris where technology is idolised above all Arts. Verne describes extraordinary machines such as elevators and faxes, and sketches the journey of an luddite artist in such an environment. The protagnoist, Michel Dufrenoy, is a poet who shuffles betweens menial jobs, unable to express his creative side. His employers are acutely aware, however, of his uniqueness:

“The boy is monumentally inept,” the banker observed.
“The claims of truth oblige me to agree,” replied the Cashier.
“He is what used to be called an artist,” Athanase broke in, “and what we would call a ninny.”
“In his hands, the machine is becoming a dangerous instrument,” returned the banker. (p.55)

In the end Dufrenoy chooses his creativity, his urge to write and think above work, above conformity. The tale has a bleak ending — typical of Steampunk soothesayers. verne

The manuscript was found in a safe in 1988, unpublished because of the technophilic visions, while Mondo 2000 is published but then found in a street market…it seems humanity balances itself out in the end.

Verne, J. and R. Howard (1996) Paris in the Twentieth Century, Random House, New York.

]]> Christy Dena On the flipside of your find is the long lost (or never known) manuscript by Jules Verne. The story, Paris ... On the flipside of your find is the long lost (or never known) manuscript by Jules Verne. The story, Paris ...