THEA VON HARBOUTHE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION2026
METROPOLIS
WELCOME TO THE MACHINE CITY
She wears Maria’s face. She wants the city.
In Metropolis 2026, the Time Warp edition of Thea von Harbou’s novel, a synthetic woman takes Maria’s place and turns the workers toward revolt. Above them, the city’s rulers mistake control for safety. Below, the people who keep the machines running have had enough.
A NOVEL BY THEA VON HARBOUENGLISH VERSION BY LEE RAYMOND264 PAGES12 FILM-POSTER PLATES
FUTURA THE FALSE MARIA
01 / THE FALSE MARIA
FALSE MARIA
A familiar face. A manufactured voice.
Futura, the False Maria of Metropolis 2026, gives Thea von Harbou’s story its most unsettling deception. The workers trust Maria. A machine takes her likeness and uses that trust against them. Every call to action now comes with the authority of a face they believe.
Thea von Harbou’s Metropolis, reimagined here as Metropolis 2026, makes a whole city out of a division: pleasure at the top, exhausting labour beneath it. The ruler’s son crosses that divide when he follows Maria into the world his father’s prosperity depends on.
POWER AT THE TOP
The view from above.
In the Eternal Garden, the sons of the ruling class live at leisure. Far beneath them, workers spend their bodies keeping that leisure possible. The distance between the two worlds is measured in more than floors.
Explore the visual world of Metropolis 2026: the machine halls, metallic bodies and monumental idols that surround Thea von Harbou’s story. This selection comes from the edition’s website artwork. Open an image to take a closer look at its light, scale and detail.
01 The machine halls ENTER THE DEPTHS02 A body of silver THE HUMAN SHAPE, REMADE03 The machine as god POWER GIVEN A BODY
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THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION
THEA VON HARBOU · LEE RAYMOND
Read the city. Feel the machinery.
Metropolis 2026 brings Thea von Harbou’s novel into modernized English, with illustrations and notes that open up its symbolic world. Published by Time Warp Editions in December 2025, the anniversary edition also includes an introduction connecting its conflicts to the present and twelve film-poster plates.
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Modernized EnglishA contemporary rendering by Lee Raymond, with updated language and character names.
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Illustrations & annotationsNew imagery alongside explanations of historical and cultural references.
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12 original film-poster platesReproductions of posters from the 1927 film, included in the edition.
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BEFORE YOU ENTER
A closer look.
Is this a book or a film edition?+
This is the Time Warp Editions version of Thea von Harbou’s novel, in English. It includes illustrations, annotations, an introduction, and reproductions of twelve posters from the 1927 film.
How has the text been modernized?+
The English language has been modernized and streamlined, and some character names have been updated. The edition is a contemporary rendering; readers looking for the historical English wording should take this editorial approach into account.
Where can I see a reading sample?+
Open the Amazon product page and choose “Read sample” where available. Amazon also shows the current format choices, price and delivery options.
THE UPPER CITY