Armageddon 2419 A.D. and the Airlords of Han /
Meet fiction's great pioneer of space exploration in his very first adventures. The swashbuckling character who ultimately became world-famous as Buck Rogers made his debut in the 1920s in these two tales from the legendary pulp magazine Amazing Stories. The intrepid voyager, who emerged from a...
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| Language: | English |
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Mineola, New York :
Dover Publications,
2017.
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| Summary: | Meet fiction's great pioneer of space exploration in his very first adventures. The swashbuckling character who ultimately became world-famous as Buck Rogers made his debut in the 1920s in these two tales from the legendary pulp magazine Amazing Stories. The intrepid voyager, who emerged from a state of suspended animation into the twenty-fifth century, became a star of movies, radio, television and video games and inspired a host of imitators. Armageddon 2419 A.D introduces World War I veteran Anthony Rogers and the peculiar circumstances under which he awakens, like Rip Van Winkle, to a strange new world. North America has been overrun by invaders from the East who imposed their own civilization, condemning the natives to a furtive existence in the forests and hills. Rogers encounters a rebel unit of Americans and readily joins their attempts to rebuild their society, using his wartime experience to help mount a revolt against their oppressors. This futuristic fantasy, accompanied by its sequel, The Airlords of Han, offers rollicking adventures and remarkably prescient predictions of later technological advances. |
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| Physical Description: | iv, 156 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780486795409 (paperback) 0486795403 (paperback) |