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The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century (Paperback)
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The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century (Paperback)
Series: Haunted Library Horror Classics
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Loot Price R344
Discovery Miles 3 440
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A chilling addition to the acclaimed Haunted Library of Horror
Classics series, complete with annotations and extra materials
Within a decade of the 1818 publication of Mary Shelley's
Frankenstein, another Englishwoman invented a foundational work of
science fiction. Seventeen-year-old Jane Webb Loudon took up the
theme of reanimation, moved it three hundred years into the future,
and applied it to Cheops, an ancient Egyptian mummy. Unlike
Shelley's horrifying, death-dealing monster, this revivified
creature bears the wisdom of the ages and is eager to share his
insights with humanity. Cheops boards a hot-air balloon and travels
to 22nd-century England, where he sets about remedying the ills of
a corrupt government. In recounting Cheops' attempts to put the
futuristic society to rights, the young author offers a fascinating
portrait of the preoccupations of her own era as well as some
remarkably prescient predictions of technological advances. The
Mummy! envisions a world in which automatons perform surgery,
undersea tunnels connect England and Ireland, weather-control
devices provide crop irrigation, and messages are transmitted with
the speed of cannonball fire. The first novel to feature the
concept of a living mummy, this pioneering tale offers an engaging
mix of comedy, politics, and science fiction. Other books in the
Haunted Library of Horror Classics series: The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux The Beetle by Richard Marsh Vathek by William
Beckford The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson The
Parasite and Other Tales of Terror by Arthur Conan Doyle Of One
Blood by Pauline Hopkins The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
General
Imprint: |
Poisoned Pen Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Haunted Library Horror Classics |
Release date: |
March 2022 |
Editors: |
Eric J. Guignard
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Authors: |
Jane Webb
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Editors: |
Leslie S. Klinger
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 37mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
560 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4642-1528-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
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LSN: |
1-4642-1528-6 |
Barcode: |
9781464215285 |
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