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Anthology Title:
Beyond the Gaslight: Science in Popular Fiction 1895-1905 • (1976) • anthology by Dik Evans and Hilary Evans
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- 7 • Peter Pan came from Outer Space • (1976) • essay by Dik Evans and Hilary Evans
- 23 • Science with the dessert course • (1976) • essay by Dik Evans and Hilary Evans
- 35 • When the world froze • (1976) • essay by Dik Evans and Hilary Evans
- 37 • The Thames Valley Catastrophe • (1897) • short story by Grant Allen
- 46 • The Aerial Brickfield • (1897) • short story by John Mills
- 51 • A Corner in Lightning • (1898) • short story by George Griffith
- 58 • The River of Death • [The Doom of London] • (1904) • short story by Fred M. White
- 64 • London's Danger • (1896) • short story by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
- 70 • Around the world in any number of ways • (1976) • essay by Dik Evans and Hilary Evans
- 72 • From Pole to Pole • (1904) • novelette by George Griffith (variant of From Pole to Pole: An Account of a Journey Through the Axis of the Earth; Collated from the Diaries of the Late Professor Haffkin and His Niece, Mrs. Arthur Princeps)
- 81 • The Fate of the Firefly • (1901) • short story by Rev. J. M. Bacon
- 86 • The Abduction of Alexandra Seine • (1900) • short story by Fred C. Smale
- 92 • "I was as God!" • (1976) • essay by Dik Evans and Hilary Evans
- 96 • A Charlatan • (1902) • short story by Frank Harris
- 102 • The Shadow and the Flash • (1903) • short story by Jack London
- 110 • The Man Who Meddled with Eternity • (1901) • short story by E. Tickner-Edwards
- 118 • The Last Stand of the Decapods • (1976) • essay by Dik Evans and Hilary Evans
- 121 • The Last Stand of the Decapods • (1901) • short story by Frank T. Bullen
- 126 • The Purple Terror • (1899) • short story by Fred M. White
- 133 • The Lizard • (1898) • short story by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
- 139 • The Last days of Earth • (1976) • essay by Dik Evans and Hilary Evans
- 142 • Our Second Voyage to Mars • [Letters from the Planets • 6] • (1889) • short story by W. S. Lach-Szyrma
- 146 • The Last Days of Earth: Being the Story of the Launching of the "Red Sphere" • (1901) • short story by Geo. C. Wallis [as by George C. Wallis]
- 152 • What's to come is still unsure • (1976) • essay by Dik Evans and Hilary Evans
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