Publication: The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914: Fictions of Future Warfare and Battles Still-to-Come

Publication: The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914: Fictions of Future Warfare and Battles Still-to-ComePublication Record # 48328
Editor: I. F. Clarke
Date: 1995-00-00
ISBN: 0-8156-0358-4 [978-0-8156-0358-0]
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Pub. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies
Pub. Series #: 7
Price:
$16.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
Pages: xiv+382
Format:
tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914 (1995) • by Michael Mattingley
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- Data from Internet Archive scan
- "First Edition 1995"
- First printing per number line
- Cover artist credit per rear cover
- No price on book
- Source of price unknown. Locus1 $17.98, but also lists it as a 1996 publication.
- Translators are not credited
- Contains a number of illustrations, including some art from earlier publications
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 33104130

Cover art supplied by Open Library

Anthology Title: The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914: Fictions of Future Warfare and Battles Still-to-Come • (1995) • anthology by I. F. Clarke

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • Introduction: The Paper Warriors and Their Fights of Fantasy • (1995) • essay by I. F. Clarke
27 • The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer • [Dorking] • (1995) • novella by George Tomkyns Chesney [as by General Sir George Tomkyns Chesney]
74 • The Battle of Dorking • [Dorking] • (1871) • poem by Anonymous
77 • Der Ruhm: or, The Wreck of German Unity: The Narrative of a Brandenburger Hauptmann • (1871) • short story by Anonymous
95 • La Guerre au Vingtième Siècle • [Le vingtième siècle / The Twentieth Century • 2] • (1995) • short story by Albert Robida (trans. of La Guerre au vingtième siècle 1887)
113 • The Taking of Dover • (1995) • novelette by H. F. Lester [as by Horace Francis Lester]
139 • In a Conning Tower: How I Took HMS Majestic Into Action • (1888) • novelette by Hugh Oakley Arnold-Foster
162 • The Stricken Nation • (1890) • short fiction by Hugh Grattan Donnelly
193 • The Raid of Le Vengeur • (1901) • short story by George Griffith
210 • The Green Curve • (1995) • novelette by 'Ole Luk-Oie' [as by Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton]
234 • The Trenches • (1908) • short story by Captain C. E. Vickers
251 • The Secret of the Army Aeroplane • (1909) • short story by A. A. Milne
257 • The Unparalleled Invasion: Excerpt from Walt Nervin's 'Certain Essays in History' • (1995) • short story by Jack London (variant of The Unparalleled Invasion 1910)
271 • A Vision of the Future • (1912) • short story by Gustaf Janson
281 • "Planes!' • (1995) • short story by F. Britten Austin [as by Frederick Britten Austin]
293 • Danger!: Being the Log of Captain John Sirius • (1995) • novelette by Arthur Conan Doyle (variant of Danger! 1914) [as by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
321 • Frankreichs Ende im Jahr 19?? • (1915) • novel by Adolf Sommerfeld (trans. of Frankreichs Ende im Jahre 19?? Ein Zukunftsbild 1912)
364 • Bibliographical Notes (The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914) • (1995) • essay by I. F. Clarke
377 • Biographical Notes (The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914) • (1995) • essay by I. F. Clarke

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Locus1	Verified	Chavey	2011-02-17 11:37:41
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Chavey	2011-02-24 01:34:50

Publication: The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914: Fictions of Future Warfare and Battles Still-to-Come

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