Fools' Harvest (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Sci-Fi NovelBy Erle Cox
Length6h 52m
About this audiobook
Fools' Harvest is a grave and forceful work of interwar Australian speculative fiction, shaped as both political warning and national allegory. Cox imagines the consequences of complacency in the face of looming conflict, using the conventions of the invasion novel to dramatize military unreadiness, civic blindness, and the fragility of modern civilization. Its prose is direct, urgent, and journalistic, less interested in ornament than in persuasion, and it belongs to the broader tradition of late-imperial cautionary fiction haunted by the approach of global war. Erle Cox, best known for the remarkable scientific romance Out of the Silence, was also a long-serving Melbourne journalist, and that professional background is crucial to this book's tone. His fiction often combines speculative imagination with editorial conviction, and Fools' Harvest reflects the anxieties of an author observing the crises of the 1930s from Australia: rearmament debates, imperial uncertainty, and fears about the Pacific. This book is recommended to readers interested in Australian literary history, early speculative fiction, and the cultural psychology of the years before the Second World War. Though marked by the assumptions of its era, it remains a revealing and compelling document of national anxiety.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure, General Fiction
Length6 hrs 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 15, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Trouble Shooter (Annotated)
10Chapter VIII
2Prologue
11Chapter IX
3Chapter I
12Chapter X
4Chapter II
13Chapter XI
5Chapter III
14Chapter XII
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6Chapter IV
15Chapter XIII
7Chapter V
16Chapter XIV
8Chapter VI
17Chapter XV
9Chapter VII
18Memorable Quotes
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