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H. Rider Haggard When the World Shook (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- When the World Shook : Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley, and Arbuthnot
- Publication Name
- When the World Shook
- Title
- When the World Shook
- Contributor
- James Parker (Introduction by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781935869566
- ISBN
- 9781935869566
- Publisher
- Cursor
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Science Fiction / General
- Release Date
- 11/10/2012
- Release Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 7.5in
- Item Weight
- 9.2 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Item Width
- 5in
- Number of Pages
- 360 Pages
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If representatives of an advanced civilization were to visit our planet today, would they be impressed or dismayed by the way we live? When three adventurers, Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot, are marooned on a South Sea island, they discover an ancient crystal sepulchre. Inside are two Atlanteans who have been in a state of suspended animation for 250,000 years One of the awakened sleepers, the haughty Lord Oro, is the last of the Sons of Wisdom, a superior race who'd relied on their advanced technology to subjugate the planet's lesser peoples. The other Atlantean is Oro's daughter, Yva, heiress to the title of Queen of the Earth... who falls in love with Arbuthnot. Using astral projection, Lord Oro visits London and the battlefields of the Western Front. Unimpressed with the state of the world in the early 20th century, he sets out to do what he's apparently done once before -- use a colossal gyroscope to drown the planet, and restart the course of human history. A darkly humorous look at the politics and conflicts of his own era by an author best known for swashbuckling adventure novels (including the hugely popular King Solomon's Mines ) set in the context of the Scramble for Africa.
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ISBN-10
1935869566
ISBN-13
9781935869566
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114211356
Product Key Features
Book Title
When the World Shook : Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley, and Arbuthnot
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Science Fiction / General
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.5in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
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If this is pulp fiction it's high pulp: a Wagnerian opera of an adventure tale, a B-movie humanist apocalypse and chivalric romance. When the World Shookhas it all — English gentlemen of leisure, devastating shipwrecks, volcanic tropical islands inhabited by cannibals, ancient princesses risen from the grave, and if that weren't enough a friendly, ongoing debate between a godless materialist and a devout Christian. H. Rider Haggard's rich universe is both profoundly camp and deeply idealistic.-Lydia Millet, If this is pulp fiction it's high pulp: a Wagnerian opera of an adventure tale, a B-movie humanist apocalypse and chivalric romance. When the World Shookhas it all -- English gentlemen of leisure, devastating shipwrecks, volcanic tropical islands inhabited by cannibals, ancient princesses risen from the grave, and if that weren't enough a friendly, ongoing debate between a godless materialist and a devout Christian. H. Rider Haggard's rich universe is both profoundly camp and deeply idealistic.Lydia Millet, If this is pulp fiction it's high pulp: a Wagnerian opera of an adventure tale, a B-movie humanist apocalypse and chivalric romance. When the World Shookhas it all -- English gentlemen of leisure, devastating shipwrecks, volcanic tropical islands inhabited by cannibals, ancient princesses risen from the grave, and if that weren't enough a friendly, ongoing debate between a godless materialist and a devout Christian. H. Rider Haggard's rich universe is both profoundly camp and deeply idealistic.¿Lydia Millet, If this is pulp fiction it's high pulp: a Wagnerian opera of an adventure tale, a B-movie humanist apocalypse and chivalric romance. When the World Shookhas it all -- English gentlemen of leisure, devastating shipwrecks, volcanic tropical islands inhabited by cannibals, ancient princesses risen from the grave, and if that weren't enough a friendly, ongoing debate between a godless materialist and a devout Christian. H. Rider Haggard's rich universe is both profoundly camp and deeply idealistic.-Lydia Millet
Table of Content
Chapter I. Arbuthnot Describes Himself Chapter II. Bastin and Bickley Chapter III. Natalie Chapter IV. Death and Departure Chapter V. The Cyclone Chapter VI. Land Chapter VII. The Orofenans Chapter VIII. Bastin Attempts the Martyr's Crown Chapter IX. The Island in the Lake Chapter X. The Dwellers in the Tomb Chapter XI. Resurrection Chapter XII. Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Years! Chapter XIII. Oro Speaks and Bastin Argues Chapter XIV. The Under-world Chapter XV. Oro in His House Chapter XVI. Visions of the Past Chapter XVII. Yva Explains Chapter XVIII. The Accident Chapter XIX. The Proposals of Bastin and Bickley Chapter XX. Oro and Arbuthnot Travel by Night Chapter XXI. Love's Eternal Altar Chapter XXII. The Command Chapter XXIII. In the Temple of Fate Chapter XXIV. The Chariot of the Pit Chapter XXV. Sacrifice Chapter XXVI. Tommy Chapter XXVII. Bastin Discovers a Resemblance NOTE By J. R. Bickley, M.R.C.S.
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Dewey Decimal
Fic
Series
The Radium Age Science Fiction Ser.
Dewey Edition
21
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