The Complete Works of Erle Cox (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Science Fiction Novels & Short StoresBy Erle Cox
Length36h 23m
About this audiobook
The Complete Works of Erle Cox gathers the fiction of one of Australia's most distinctive early speculative writers, including the celebrated scientific romance Out of the Silence and his later tales of invasion, catastrophe, and social upheaval. Cox's prose combines journalistic clarity with the heightened melodrama of the Edwardian adventure tradition, drawing on H. G. Wells, H. Rider Haggard, and the lost-race romance while refracting them through specifically Australian landscapes and anxieties. His narratives are fascinated by buried civilizations, technological power, racial destiny, and the fragile arrogance of modernity. Erle Cox (1873–1950) was a Tasmanian-born journalist and editor whose long career in newspapers shaped both his brisk narrative method and his alertness to public fears. Writing in the aftermath of imperial expansion, world war, and rapid scientific change, Cox transformed contemporary debates about progress, eugenics, nationalism, and social order into popular yet intellectually charged fiction. His work reveals the imagination of a writer positioned between colonial inheritance and modern uncertainty. This collection is recommended to readers of early science fiction, Australian literature, and speculative adventure. It offers not merely historical curiosity but vigorous storytelling and a revealing archive of the hopes and terrors that animated the twentieth century's beginning.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction
Length36 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 5, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Philosophy & Sci-Fi Works of Olaf Stapledon (Annotated)
26Chapter XXII
2Novels
27Chapter XXIII
3Out of the Silence
28Chapter XXIV
4Prologue
29Chapter XXV
5Chapter I
30Chapter XXVI
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6Chapter II
31Chapter XXVII
7Chapter III
32Chapter XXVIII
8Chapter IV
33Chapter XXIX
9Chapter V
34Chapter XXX
10Chapter VI
35Chapter XXXI
11Chapter VII
36Chapter XXXII
12Chapter VIII
37Fools' Harvest
13Chapter IX
38Prologue
14Chapter X
39Chapter I
15Chapter XI
40Chapter II
16Chapter XII
41Chapter III
17Chapter XIII
42Chapter IV
18Chapter XIV
43Chapter V
19Chapter XV
44Chapter VI
20Chapter XVI
45Chapter VII
21Chapter XVII
46Chapter VIII
22Chapter XVIII
47Chapter IX
23Chapter XIX
48Chapter X
24Chapter XX
49Chapter XI
25Chapter XXI
50Chapter XII
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