The Masters of Science Fiction - Erle Cox Edition (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Out of the Silence, Fools' Harvest, The Missing Angel, Major Mendax Stories, The Gift of Venus…By Erle Cox
Length36h 24m
About this audiobook
The Masters of Science Fiction - Erle Cox Edition presents the Australian writer's speculative imagination at its most ambitious, situated between the late-Victorian scientific romance and the emerging modern science-fiction tradition. Cox's narratives combine archaeological mystery, technological wonder, social prophecy, and catastrophe, often unfolding in a lucid, brisk prose that favors intellectual speculation over ornament. His work belongs to the same broad lineage as H. G. Wells, yet it is marked by a distinctive Antipodean perspective, attentive to isolation, empire, and the fragility of civilization. Erle Cox (1873–1950), a journalist and fiction writer based in Melbourne, brought to his science fiction the habits of observation, argument, and public debate formed by the newspaper world. His best-known novel, Out of the Silence, reflects an era fascinated by evolution, lost civilizations, racial theory, and the promises and perils of applied science. Cox wrote from a society negotiating modernity at the edge of the imperial map, a position that sharpened his interest in cultural inheritance and future collapse. This edition is recommended for readers seeking the foundations of science fiction beyond its familiar British and American centers. It will especially reward those interested in early speculative literature, Australian literary history, and fiction that treats science as both marvel and warning.
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.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Literary Classics
Length36 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 5, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
56Chapter II
2Novels
57Chapter III
3Out of the Silence
58Chapter IV
4Prologue
59Chapter V
5Chapter I
60Chapter VI
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6Chapter II
61Chapter VII
7Chapter III
62Chapter VIII
8Chapter IV
63Chapter IX
9Chapter V
64Chapter X
10Chapter VI
65Chapter XI
11Chapter VII
66Chapter XII
12Chapter VIII
67Chapter XIII
13Chapter IX
68Chapter XIV
14Chapter X
69Chapter XV
15Chapter XI
70Chapter XVI
16Chapter XII
71Chapter XVII
17Chapter XIII
72Chapter XVIII
18Chapter XIV
73Chapter XIX
19Chapter XV
74Chapter XX
20Chapter XVI
75Chapter XXI
21Chapter XVII
76Chapter XXII
22Chapter XVIII
77Chapter XXIII
23Chapter XIX
78Chapter XXIV
24Chapter XX
79Chapter XXV
25Chapter XXI
80Chapter XXVI
26Chapter XXII
81Chapter XXVII
27Chapter XXIII
82Chapter XXVIII
28Chapter XXIV
83Chapter XXIX
29Chapter XXV
84Chapter XXX
30Chapter XXVI
85Chapter XXXI
31Chapter XXVII
86Chapter XXXII
32Chapter XXVIII
87Short Stories
33Chapter XXIX
88Major Mendax Stories
34Chapter XXX
89The Great Mendax Transmitter
35Chapter XXXI
90The Mendax Gold Saver
36Chapter XXXII
91The Invisibility of Mendax
37Fools' Harvest
92The Rejuvenation of Slogger Binns
38Prologue
93"Forty Bob Or—"
39Chapter I
94An Awkward Dilemma
40Chapter II
95Other Stories
41Chapter III
96The Demoralisation of Muriel
42Chapter IV
97The Gift of Venus
43Chapter V
98The Cog Wheels
44Chapter VI
99What the Archbishop Knew
45Chapter VII
100Her One Aim in Life
46Chapter VIII
101A Black Cat for Luck
47Chapter IX
102When Kean Funked
48Chapter X
103A Matter of Creed
49Chapter XI
104Charlotte Bronte is Shocked
50Chapter XII
105Faux Pas
51Chapter XIII
106Even the Valkyrie
52Chapter XIV
107The Two Vows of Lady Anne
53Chapter XV
108The Social Code
54The Missing Angel
109Memorable Quotes
55Chapter I
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