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[Bunnyman]

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Date: 2020-02-25 17:42:40
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KorbenDallas said:
This work was originally conceived as the third part of a trilogy, which was also to have featured depictions of Russia in the time of Peter the Great and in the author's contemporary period, the 1830s. The first part was never written and the second and futuristic parts remained unfinished. Fragments were published in 1835 and 1840, with the fullest version appearing in 1926.

Amazing isn't it how the this was the only part 'finished', though by whom and when is another pair of unaswered questions.
Fragments were published, why?
Were they different fragments on different dates or the same fragments published twice?
No translation unitl 2013 despite its 'fullest version' being published in 1926.
WHat does that mean?
is there more to come, surely if it were complete it would say complete, or maybe that's just me.

I agree with jd755 that it's hard to see past these oddities. Good catch. It's an interesting read (I too skipped ahead and stopped reading after the references to moon travel I admit), but is it possible that this prophetic author had insider knowledge, a Tardis or a "machine to communicate in the presence as if in the past"? If not it would surely be of worth to humanity to erect an edifice in honor of the author's insights.

The drawing of Vladimir Odoevsky on the cover of the novel seem to me to have great similarity with another Vladimir as an after thought.

 

[Archive]

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Date: 2020-02-26 11:12:30
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Well the guy allegedly wrote this in 1830s. To me, the heat delivery alone sounds insane enough. But there are many other things in there. Jules Verne is considered to be the pioneer of the science-fiction genre. His first book was published in 1863.

Global heat delivery systems, transporting warm air from the equator to colder regions of the world. Equatorial heat delivered to ppl’s houses?

• Oh yes, I almost forgot….we did fly to the equator, but just for a short trip to see the start of the heat storage system which runs from here practically all over the northern hemisphere – it’s really amazing. A work of many ages and of superb engineering! Picture it: here there are huge machines collecting warm air into pipes which take it to the main reservoirs. All the heat stores in every city of this great state are connected to the main reservoirs. Then from each heat store part of the warm air is passed to each building and enclosed garden and part of it, to the air travel routes. In this way, in spite of the harsh climate, we barely experienced any cold at all. So the Russians have even been victorious over their hostile weather conditions. They told me that the local society of manufacturers would like to offer our government deliveries of cold air directly to Peking, to freshen the streets.
• In the yard there was a blizzard blowing and in spite of the enormous size of the ventilators which constantly poured a huge amount of heat into the air, I had to wrap myself up warmly in my glass cloak.

Sorry to contradict, but I cannot see the insanity
To me it looks like some pipe work, he writes "a work of many ages" which means that the "starfort civilization" controlled sahara. Yes I know it is huge pipework, but remember it is civilization based on common good and "natural mindset". By Natural mindset I mean. We need heat, OK, we will take it on sahara, instead of burning tons of coal. In the end it is cost effective. I think that to understand them, we should enlarge our sense of what is possible to do if you have common good of all the mankind in the mind

Maybe when this system was put offline, sahara started to grow, bacause they pumped hot air to russia and cold air to sahara. To me this explanation fits nicely. Hot air will heat pipes, you get steam and you can explain missing fireplaces in huge buildings.

The "pipework" can be seen on goggle maps, some of these laylines can be it.

Pipelines of todays world. The distance from Sahara to St. Petersburg is 3900-4500km.

 

[KD Archive]

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Date: 2020-02-26 16:27:44
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Schools I went to did not inform me of the existence of this tech prior to 1835. As far as I know we still do not have hot air pipelines. Naturally, for me this is insane, given the date. There is nothing special in Boeing 747 flying through the air today. If I learned of a fleet of those being used in 1600s, I'd say it's insane too.

 

[Whitewave]

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Date: 2020-02-27 01:20:30
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When were the comics done? The hairstyles and clothing don't look like they belong to the 1800's.

 

[Sasyexa]

Interesting

Duke Vladimir Fedorovich Odoevsky (July 30 (August 11) 1804 or August 1 (13) 1804, Moscow - February 27 (March 11) 1869, ibid.) - Russian writer and thinker of the era of romanticism, one of the founders Russian musicology. In 1823-1825, the chairman of the youth society of any wise. Publisher of a number of magazines and almanacs. Since 1846 - the Rumyantsev Museum Director. In the mid-1840s, he switched from literary social activities, and gained fame as a philanthropist. Chamberlain (1836), chamberlain and privy councilor (1858), senator (1861). For a long time, Duke Odoyevsky, a mentor and thinker, was under the signature of Hoffmann and F.V. Schelling. He was fond of occult teachings, for which he received the nickname "Russian Faust". Known as a master of a fantastic romantic story, he was one of the first in Russia to experiment with the genre of utopia (Year 4338: Petersburg Letters), and continued the tradition of enlightenment satire.

The second period of Odoevsky's work is characterized by a fascination with mystical teachings, primarily the Masonic speculations of Saint-Martin, medieval natural magic and alchemy. At this time, his literary creativity flourished.