{"product_id":"human-prehistory-in-fiction","title":"Human Prehistory in Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e   What was the world like for people thousands of years ago? How can we know? Through fiction? This is a work of literary criticism, and more. It begins with a discussion of the problem of authenticity and then considers twelve pieces of fiction that depict human prehistory:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   H.G. Wells' \u003ci\u003eThe Island of Doctor Moreau,\u003c\/i\u003e Pierre Boulle's \u003ci\u003eThe Planet of the Apes,\u003c\/i\u003e Jules Verne's \u003ci\u003eThe Village in the Treetops,\u003c\/i\u003e Edgar Rice Burroughs' \u003ci\u003eThe Land That Time Forgot,\u003c\/i\u003e the struggle for legitimacy in Wells' \"The Grisly Folk,\" the Tasmanian analogue in Lester Del Rey's \"The Day Is Done,\" William Golding's \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritors,\u003c\/i\u003e \"the promise of humanity\" in Arthur C. Clarke's \u003ci\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey,\u003c\/i\u003e the theme of \"a god among the heathen\" in Wells' \"The Lord of the Dynamos\" and other works, Jean Auel's \u003ci\u003eThe Clan of the Cave Bear,\u003c\/i\u003e J.H. Rosny-Aine's \u003ci\u003eQuest for Fire,\u003c\/i\u003e and Wells' \u003ci\u003eThe Time Machine: An Invention.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   A final chapter considers the paleoanthropologist as literary critic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254375469400,"sku":"9780786414178","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786414178_d9354309-c1b7-45cf-a0bf-3108fcb334a2.jpg?v=1764939621","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/human-prehistory-in-fiction","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}