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Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660

    Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660 is a Victorian science fiction and classic fantasy novel by Hugo Gernsback.

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    About Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660

    "Ralph 124C 41+" by Hugo Gernsback is a science fiction novel serialized beginning in 1911 and published in book form in 1925. Set in the year 2660, it follows a brilliant inventor who saves a woman's life using remote energy transmission, then later rescues her from a villain in outer space. Despite being criticized for poor writing, the novel remarkably predicted technologies like television, radar, solar energy, videophones, tape recorders, and space travel decades before their invention.
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    Who wrote Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660?

    Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660 was written by Hugo Gernsback.

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    It is usually shelved as Victorian Science Fiction and Classic Fantasy.

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