Armageddon--2419 A.D. and The Airlords of Han (eBook)

Philip Francis Nowlan (Autor)

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2016
160 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-81867-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Meet fiction's great pioneer of space exploration in his very first adventures. Buck Rogers debuted in the 1920s in these tales from Amazing Stories and became a star of movies and television.

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Meet fiction's great pioneer of space exploration in his very first adventures. The swashbuckling character who ultimately became world-famous as Buck Rogers made his debut in the 1920s in these two tales from the legendary pulp magazine Amazing Stories. The intrepid voyager, who emerged from a state of suspended animation into the twenty-fifth century, became a star of movies, radio, television, and video games and inspired a host of imitators. Armageddon — 2419 A.D introduces World War I veteran Anthony Rogers and the peculiar circumstances under which he awakens, like Rip Van Winkle, to a strange new world. North America has been overrun by invaders from the East who imposed their own civilization, condemning the natives to a furtive existence in the forests and hills. Rogers encounters a rebel unit of Americans and readily joins their attempts to rebuild their society, using his wartime experience to help mount a revolt against their oppressors. This futuristic fantasy — accompanied by its sequel, The Airlords of Han — offers rollicking adventures and remarkably prescient predictions of later technological advances.

Autor

American science-fiction author Philip Francis Nowlan (1888–1940) is best known as the creator of Buck Rogers, a character who inspired a comic strip that ran for 40 years as well as radio, television, film, and video game adaptations.

Inhalt

Armageddon-2419 A.D.ForewordI. Floating MenII. The Forest GangsIII. Life in the 25th CenturyIV. A Han Air RaidV. Setting the TrapVI. The "Wyoming Massacre"VII. Incredible TreasonVIII. The Han CityIX. The Fight in the TowerX. The Walls of HellXI. The New BossXII. The Finger of Doom The Airlords of Han!. The Airlords BesiegedII. The "Ground Ships" ThreatenIII. We "Sink" the "Ground Ships" IV. Han Electrno-Ray ScienceV. American Ultronic ScienceVI. An Unequal DealVII. CapturedVIII. Hypnotic TortureIX. The Fall of Nu-YokX. Life in Lo-Tan, the MagnificentXI. The Forest Men AttackXII. The Mysterious "Air Balls"XIII. Escape!XIV. The Destruction of Lo-TanXV. The Counter-AttackXVI. Victory!

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.12.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Gewicht: 211 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
• Schlagworte: 25th century • Action & Adventure • action and adventure • aviation • Buck Rogers • catapulted into the future • classic space hero • combat • deep space missions • distant worlds • engaging • Fantasy • Fighting • good vs evil • Interplanetary Travel • intrepid voyager • lively • new civilization • Page Turner • Pulp • Rebel • remote places • resistance • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Fantasy • space exploration • space icon • space pioneer
• ISBN-10: 0-486-81867-5 / 0486818675
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-81867-2 / 9780486818672