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A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder (1888) is a novel
by James De Mille. Originally serialized in Harper's Weekly, the
novel was published posthumously and, at first, anonymously.
Although De Mille's work predated such popular Lost World novels as
H. Rider Haggard's She (1887) and King Solomon's Mines (1885), it
was published nearly a decade after his death, leading critics to
assume he had merely written a derivative work of fiction. Recent
scholarship, however, has sought to emphasize De Mille's talents as
a writer and importance in the historical development of literary
science fiction. "The wind had failed, a deep calm had succeeded,
and everywhere, as far as the eye could reach, the water was smooth
and glassy. The yacht rose and fell at the impulse of the long
ocean undulations, and the creaking of the spars sounded out a lazy
accompaniment to the motion of the vessel." Sailing in their yacht,
a crew spots a copper cylinder afloat on the sunbeaten sea. Hauling
it aboard, they open it to reveal a manuscript sealed from the
elements containing the story of Adam More. Shipwrecked while
returning to Britain from Tasmania, the sailor found himself
stranded on a strange desert island near Antarctica. Soon, he
stumbles upon a lost world of prehistoric plants and animals, a
land of indescribable beauty and wonder. In the harsh volcanic
landscape, he discovers a race of humans whose values are entirely
foreign to his Western frame of mind. With a beautifully designed
cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of James
De Mille's A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder is a
classic work of American science fiction reimagined for modern
readers.
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder (1888) is a novel
by James De Mille. Originally serialized in Harper's Weekly, the
novel was published posthumously and, at first, anonymously.
Although De Mille's work predated such popular Lost World novels as
H. Rider Haggard's She (1887) and King Solomon's Mines (1885), it
was published nearly a decade after his death, leading critics to
assume he had merely written a derivative work of fiction. Recent
scholarship, however, has sought to emphasize De Mille's talents as
a writer and importance in the historical development of literary
science fiction. "The wind had failed, a deep calm had succeeded,
and everywhere, as far as the eye could reach, the water was smooth
and glassy. The yacht rose and fell at the impulse of the long
ocean undulations, and the creaking of the spars sounded out a lazy
accompaniment to the motion of the vessel." Sailing in their yacht,
a crew spots a copper cylinder afloat on the sunbeaten sea. Hauling
it aboard, they open it to reveal a manuscript sealed from the
elements containing the story of Adam More. Shipwrecked while
returning to Britain from Tasmania, the sailor found himself
stranded on a strange desert island near Antarctica. Soon, he
stumbles upon a lost world of prehistoric plants and animals, a
land of indescribable beauty and wonder. In the harsh volcanic
landscape, he discovers a race of humans whose values are entirely
foreign to his Western frame of mind. With a beautifully designed
cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of James
De Mille's A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder is a
classic work of American science fiction reimagined for modern
readers.
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The Living Link
James De Mille
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The Cryptogram
James De Mille
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Fire in the Woods
James De Mille
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Discovery Miles 14 470
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Fire in the Woods
James De Mille
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Discovery Miles 19 240
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The Dodge Club
James De Mille
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R1,500
Discovery Miles 15 000
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