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The Future's Eve

By Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
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By Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
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Villiers de L'Isle-Adam's The Future's Eve (L'Éve Future, 1886) is a visionary

interrogation of technology, humanity, and ideal love. When Lord Ewald asks his

friend (a fictionized Thomas Edison) to replace Alicia, his flawed lover, Edison births

Hadaly, a lifelike android.

Blending science fiction, Gothic romance and Symbolist philosophy, The Future's

Eve attacks the pursuit of perfection and is considered to be the first popular

depiction of artificial life. It is celebrated for its prescient t...