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The Man Who Saved The Earth (Annotated)
By Austin Hall
Length2h 3m
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This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Beginnings and evolution of the literary genre of science fiction up to the present day
"The Man Who Saved The Earth," by American author Austin Hall, was one of the 6 fantastic stories that appeared in the first issue of the first magazine dedicated to science fiction: Amazing Stories.
"The Man Who Saved The Earth" opens on an oppressively hot day with a poor little newspaper boy, Charley, playing with a "burning glass" (a magnifying glass) which he uses to concentrate sunlight onto a small focal spot, thus intensifying the heat on some paper until it burns a hole, perhaps a portent of things to come. He is noticed by a recluse scientist, Dr. Robold, who takes interest in Charley's scientific curiosity and calls him a young Archimedes, referring to the ancient Greek who, as legend tells, used a "burning glass" from shore to set enemy ships ablaze as they were approaching. Charley has no parents to care for him. Dr. Robold takes Charley away from his pitiful life, to a mountain retreat in Colorado. Years later, bizarre, terrifying events begin to occur...
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GenreScience Fiction, General Fiction, Young Adult
Length2 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 1, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Beginnings and evolution of the literary genre of science fiction up to the present day
2Chapter 1 - THE BEGINNING
3Chapter 2 - THE POISON PALL
4Chapter 3 - THE MOUNTAIN THAT WAS
5Chapter 4 - "MAN—A GREAT LITTLE BUG"
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6Chapter 5 - APPROACHING DISASTER
7Chapter 6 - A RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD
8Chapter 7 - A RIVEN CONTINENT
9Chapter 8 - THE MAN WHO SAVED THE EARTH
10Chapter 9 - THE MOST TERRIFIC MOMENT IN HISTORY
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