The Man Who Saw the Future by Edmond Hamilton

So, Henry was facing a penalty of “death by fire”. Basically, Henry had been seen, by several people, in a field where thunderclaps had occurred,performing suspicious activities.had been seen disappearing and …,upon returning,in his own defense, said he had “gone 400 years into the future”.īy that time that 'ability' was only allowed by the recourse to the “devils”. was charged by the Inquisitor extraordinary of the king of France, of sorcery. Once an apothecary-assistant named Henry L.

Future as progress, vis-a-vis the obscurantism of his time. Maybe, it will make you feel well-identified with the 15th century character, who, when transported into the future, will experience the wonder of 20th century France, and beyond, from his past viewpoint. Well, the story of Hamilton is about future and past. Was he hinting at a transformed-language, yet to come? Scholar Carlos Reis, despite acknowledging the diversity (even 'drifts') in the language (commemorating 800 years of existence see the Portuguese-speaking nations, a universe of 250 million speakers), wrote:”…which motivates a doubt: within one hundred years will we understand each other in Portuguese?”**. Alegre was already speaking about a “nation of April… and roses and “carnations”.Īnother story was a mix of pleasing feelings and concern about the future of our own language: the Portuguese. Alegre.The main “ thesis” of the essay was that in 10 years the poet anticipated/dreamt about a new Portugal 10 years before the 25th April of 1974, M. One (an essay* in a Portuguese literary magazine) about the poetry of one of our major contemporary poets: M. This was a story (Hamilton's) I read and heard about while at the same time I was getting to read other future & past-concerned stories. Who wouldn’t like to see the future? Take a peep at a screen, or enchanted crystal-ball, to have a glimpse of the shape of things yet to come?

The Man Who Saw the Future by Edmond Hamilton