The Dominion of the World (1900) represents a transition from
classic Vernian anticipation to the pulp serials of the 1920s and
1930s. It is also the only science fiction work that sought to
dramatize the "Transatlantic Peril," positing a fundamental
difference of culture and attitude between the United States and
Europe. Despite some of its outlandishness, hindsight has lent the
world imagined by Gustave Guitton and Gustave Le Rouge (The
Vampires of Mars) a certain prophetic quality. In Volume 1, a
secret cabal of American billionaires, led by William Boltyn, would
like nothing more than to crush Europe, or at least subject it to
harsh economic domination, and eventually become masters of the
world. To that end, they scheme to use a deadly array of highly
advanced weapons invented by Engineer Hattison and an army of
psychics under the command of the sinister Harry Madge. Their grand
plan, however, is opposed by the heroic endeavors of a handful of
Frenchmen...
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