DAWN OF THE APOCALYPSE
Classic Visions of Catastrophe, Utopia, Dystopia, Future War, and the Origins of Speculative FictionBy Ayn Rand, H. G. Wells, Jack London, Jonathan Swift, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edgar Allan Poe, Owen Gregory, Hugh Benson, Edward Bellamy, Mary Shelley, William Hope Hodgson, Fred M. White, Ignatius Donnelly, Ernest Bramah, Milo Hastings, Arthur Dudley Vinton, Gertrude Barrows Bennett, E. M. Forster, Samuel Butler, Edwin A. Abbott, Anthony Trollope, Fritz Leiber, Richard Stockham, Irving E. Cox, Cleveland Moffett, Richard Jefferies, William Dean Howells, Philip Francis Nowlan, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, George Griffith
Length968h 55m
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DAWN OF THE APOCALYPSE gathers foundational visions of catastrophe, social collapse, and remade futures across satire, Gothic romance, scientific romance, dystopia, and speculative adventure. Its range extends from plague-ravaged landscapes and planetary disaster to authoritarian states, technological menace, and utopian schemes turned troubling. By placing classic nightmare narratives beside politically charged future histories and uncanny tales of survival, the volume reveals apocalypse not merely as an ending, but as a form for testing civilization's moral, scientific, and imaginative limits. The contributors represent a remarkably broad lineage of Anglophone and transnational speculative writing, from nineteenth-century Gothic and Victorian social criticism through early twentieth-century science fiction and modern ideological dystopia. These writers engage imperial expansion, industrial modernity, war, class conflict, gendered confinement, religious anxiety, and the promises and perils of rational planning. Their differing cultural positions and literary methods make the anthology a compact history of how speculative fiction developed as a language for diagnosing collective fear and imagining alternatives. Recommended for students, scholars, and general readers of science fiction, dystopian literature, and cultural history, this collection offers an exceptional comparative reading experience. Its many voices invite readers to trace recurring apocalyptic motifs while recognizing the distinct ethical and political questions each work raises. DAWN OF THE APOCALYPSE is both an accessible gateway to the genre's formative texts and a rich forum for dialogue across eras, styles, and visions of humanity's future.
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GenreScience Fiction
Length968 hrs 55 mins
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Publish dateAug 19, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE DAWNING LIGHT: 45 Sci-Fi Novels & Stories in One Volume (Annotated)
2The Great Pioneers of SF
3Jules Verne
4Journey to the Center of the Earth
5Preface
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6Chapter I. The Professor And His Family
7Chapter II. A Mystery To Be Solved At Any Price
8Chapter III. The Runic Writing Exercises The Professor
9Chapter IV. The Enemy To Be Starved Into Submission
10Chapter V. Famine, Then Victory, Followed By Dismay
11Chapter VI. Exciting Discussions About An Unparalleled Enterprise
12Chapter VII. A Woman’s Courage
13Chapter VIII. Serious Preparations For Vertical Descent
14Chapter IX. Iceland! But What Next?
15Chapter X. Interesting Conversations With Icelandic Savants
16Chapter XI. A Guide Found To The Centre Of The Earth
17Chapter XII. A Barren Land
18Chapter XIII. Hospitality Under The Arctic Circle
19Chapter XIV. But Arctics Can Be Inhospitable, Too
20Chapter XV. Snæfell At Last
21Chapter XVI. Boldly Down The Crater
22Chapter XVII. Vertical Descent
23Chapter XVIII. The Wonders Of Terrestrial Depths
24Chapter XIX. Geological Studies In Situ
25Chapter XX. The First Signs Of Distress
26Chapter XXI. Compassion Fuses The Professor’s Heart
27Chapter XXII. Total Failure Of Water
28Chapter XXIII. Water Discovered
29Chapter XXIV. Well Said, Old Mole! Canst Thou Work I’ The Ground So Fast?
30Chapter XXV. De Profundis
31Chapter XXVI. The Worst Peril Of All
32Chapter XXVII. Lost In The Bowels Of The Earth
33Chapter XXVIII. The Rescue In The Whispering Gallery
34Chapter XXIX. Thalatta! Thalatta!
35Chapter XXX. A New Mare Internum
36Chapter XXXI. Preparations For A Voyage Of Discovery
37Chapter XXXII. Wonders Of The Deep
38Chapter XXXIII. A Battle Of Monsters
39Chapter XXXIV. The Great Geyser
40Chapter XXXV. An Electric Storm
41Chapter XXXVI. Calm Philosophic Discussions
42Chapter XXXVII. The Liedenbrock Museum Of Geology
43Chapter XXXVIII. The Professor In His Chair Again
44Chapter XXXIX. Forest Scenery Illuminated By Eletricity
45Chapter XL. Preparations For Blasting A Passage To The Centre Of The Earth
46Chapter XLI. The Great Explosion And The Rush Down Below
47Chapter XLII. Headlong Speed Upward Through The Horrors Of Darkness
48Chapter XLIII. Shot Out Of A Volcano At Last!
49Chapter XLIV. Sunny Lands In The Blue Mediterranean
50Chapter XLV. All’s Well That Ends Well
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