a fascimile of the first English-language edition, complete with original illustrations by various hands. 'Students of early science fiction will welcome the University of Nebraska Press's series Bison Frontiers of Imagination.'-Times Literary Supplement., 'Students of early science fiction will welcome the University of Nebraska Press's series Bison Frontiers of Imagination.'- Times Literary Supplement, 'Students of early science fiction will welcome the University of Nebraska Press''s series Bison Frontiers of Imagination.'- Times Literary Supplement, '. This melancholic, poetic science fiction tale of things to come is as compelling and disturbing today as when it was first written. Nations rise and fall, species become extinct, and human beings find themselves at the end of the world, alone and changed in fundamental ways. Cultures radically alter, collapse, and fade away. The earth's surface drastically transforms over time. The consequences of that frightening cosmic event are far-reaching, setting in motion a series of physical, psychic, and social changes that will profoundly affect the planet and its people far into the future. The end begins in the twenty-fifth century, when a comet threatens to collide with the earth.

Reasoned scientific speculation combined with probing philosophical inquiry lend credibility and magnitude to this tale of how humankind will physically and culturally evolve over the next several million years. Omega, written by astronomer Camille Flammarion (1842-1925), is no less than an epic history of our future-a startling and unforgettable vision of the end of the world.

Omega by Camille Flammarion