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Invasion Literature

BY
GEORGE GRIFFITH

(published 1907)
 

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Originally published in 1907, this little-known science fiction classic describes a planet beset by world war---a war involving super-weapons of almost inconceivable power---while under the threat of annihilation by a fast-approaching comet. The World Peril of 1910 is not only one of the first books to describe the potential of a comet impact with earth, it includes the world's first countdown...

CONTENTS

CHAP.
PROLOGUE — A RACE FOR A WOMAN
I A MOMENTOUS EXPERIMENT
II NORAH'S GOOD-BYE
III SEEN UNDER THE MOON
IV THE SHADOW OF THE TERROR
V A GLIMPSE OF THE DOOM
VI THE NOTE OF WAR
VII CAUGHT!
VIII FIRST BLOOD
IX THE "FLYING FISH" APPEARS.
X FIRST BLOWS FROM THE AIR
XI THE TRAGEDY OF THE TWO SQUADRONS
XII HOW LONDON TOOK THE NEWS
XIII A CRIME AND A MISTAKE
XIV THE EVE OF BATTLE
XV THE STRIFE OF GIANTS.
XVI HOW THE FRENCH LANDED AT PORTSMOUTH
XVII AWAY FROM THE WARPATH
XVIII A GLIMPSE OF THE PERIL
XIX A CHANGE OF SCENE
XX THE NIGHT OF TERROR BEGINS —
XXI — AND ENDS
XXII DISASTER.
XXIII THE OTHER CAMPAIGN BEGINS
XXIV TOM BOWCOCK — PITMAN
XXV PREPARING FOR ACTION
XXVI THE FIRST BOMBARDMENT OF LONDON
XXVII LENNARD'S ULTIMATUM.
XXVIII CONCERNING ASTRONOMY AND OYSTERS
XXIX THE LION WAKES
XXX MR PARMENTER SAYS
XXXI JOHN CASTELLAN'S THREAT
XXXII A VIGIL IN THE NIGHT
XXXIII MR PARMENTER RETURNS
XXXIV THE "AURIOLE"
XXXV THE "AURIOLE" HOISTS THE WHITE ENSIGN
XXXVI A PARLEY AT ALDERSHOT
XXXVII THE VERDICT OF SCIENCE
XXXVIII WAITING FOR DOOM
XXXIX THE LAST FIGHT
EPILOGUE — "AND ON EARTH, PEACE!"


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George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones (1857–1906) was a British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the turn of the century. His works appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine. Griffith was never popular in the United States due to his political views, and though outsellling HG Wells was overshadowed by his fame.

Griffith was an explorer as well as a writer, and broke a record for travelling around the world; and he helped discover the source of the Amazon river.

Undeniably the most popular science fiction writer in England between 1893 and 1895.

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