Download or read book Metropolis written by Thea von Harbou and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Weimar-era novel of a futuristic society, written by the screenwriter for the iconic 1927 film, was hailed by noted science-fiction authority Forrest J. Ackerman as "a work of genius."