Author: HARRY HARRISONPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL,HURRAH!
Author: HARRY HARRISONTunnel Through the Deeps
Author: Harry HarrisonPublisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575115785
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
In a Twentieth Century Parallel world, the renegade George Washington has long been decently and quietly liquidated and Britain's greatest colony, America, is to be connected to the Mother of Parliaments by the strongest of umbilical cords - a Transatlantic Tunnel.
A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!
Author: Harry HarrisonPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765327864
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Over 4,000 miles in length, intended to sustain a pressure of 1,000 atmospheres while accommodating cargo and passengers traveling in excess of 1,000 miles per hour, the Transatlantic Tunnel is the greatest engineering feat in the history of the British Empire, a project worthy of Her Majesty's Empire in this the eighth decade of the twentieth century. If the project is a success, the credit will belong to Captain Augustus Washington, the most brilliant engineer of our age. It is Washington's greatest hope that his success will at last erase the family shame inspired by that other Washington, George, traitor to his King, who was hanged by Lord Cornwallis more than two centuries ago.
Stars & Stripes Forever
Author: Harry HarrisonPublisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0307416739
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
On November 8, 1861, a U.S. navy warship stopped a British packet and seized two Confederate emissaries on their way to England to seek backing for their cause. England responded with rage, calling for a war of vengeance. The looming crisis was defused by the peace-minded Prince Albert. But imagine how Albert's absence during this critical moment might have changed everything. For lacking Albert's calm voice of reason, Britain now seizes the opportunity to attack and conquer a crippled, war-torn America. Ulysses S. Grant is poised for an attack that could smash open the South's defenses. In Washington, Abraham Lincoln sees a first glimmer of hope that this bloody war might soon end. But then disaster strikes: English troops have invaded from Canada. With most of the Northern troops withdrawn to fight the new enemy, General William Tecumseh Sherman and his weakened army stand alone against the Confederates. Can a divided, bloodied America defeat England, or will the United States cease to exist for all time?
Transatlantic Tunnel
Author: Science Fact and Science Fiction
Author: Brian M. StablefordPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0415974607
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
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The Real World of Victorian Steampunk
Author: Simon WebbPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526732866
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A look at the surprising nineteenth-century technology that inspires this literary and cultural movement: “I was very impressed by this book.” —SF Crowsnest In recent decades, steampunk has grown from a rather obscure subgenre of science fiction into a striking and distinctive style of fashion, art, design, and even music. It is in the written word, however, that steampunk has its roots—and in this book Simon Webb explores and examines the real inventions that underpin the fantasy. In doing so, he reveals a world unknown to most people today. Webb reveals the Victorian era as a surprising place: one of steam-powered airplanes, fax machines linking Moscow and St Petersburg, steam cars traveling at over 100 mph, electric taxis, and wireless telephones. It is, in short, the nineteenth century as you’ve never before seen it—a steampunk extravaganza of anachronistic technology and unfamiliar gadgets. Imagine Europe spanned by a mechanical internet, a telecommunication system of clattering semaphore towers capable of transmitting information across the continent in a matter of minutes. Consider too, the fact that a steam plane the size of a modern airliner took off in England in 1894. Drawing entirely on contemporary sources, we see how little-known developments in technology have been used as the basis for so many steampunk narratives. From seminal novels such as The Difference Engine to the steampunk fantasy of Terry Pratchett’s later works, this book shows that steampunk is at least as much solid fact as it is whimsical fiction.
Harry Harrison
Author: Paul TomlinsonPublisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1587154013
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The definitive Harry Harrison bibliography, with lengthy annotations and a special bonus--the Harrison story written for Harlan Ellison's unpublished "Last Dangerous Visions" anthology.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature
Author: R. ReginaldPublisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0941028763
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.
The Alternate History
Author: Karen HelleksonPublisher: Kent State University Press
ISBN: 9780873386838
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
What would the world be like is history had taken a different course? Science fiction literature has long contemplated this question, and this text analyzes alternate history science fiction through a variety of historical models. It raises questions of narrative, writers, temporality and time.