ABSTRACT

This set of eight volumes presents the reader with selected primary texts in the genre now generally known as future fiction. The chosen texts are designed to explore the dominant characteristics of the genre and examine how it changed over the 18th and 19th centuries.

part |62 pages

The Wreck of a World

chapter I|2 pages

Chapter I.

chapter II|3 pages

Chapter II.

chapter III|4 pages

Chapter III.

chapter IV|4 pages

Chapter IV.

chapter V|7 pages

Chapter V.

chapter VI|4 pages

Chapter VI.

chapter IV|7 pages

Chapter IV.

chapter VIII|6 pages

Chapter VIII.

chapter IX|7 pages

Chapter IX.

chapter X|6 pages

Chapter X.

chapter XI|3 pages

Chapter XI.

chapter XII|6 pages

Chapter XII.

chapter XIII|5 pages

Chapter XIII.

part |288 pages

An American Emperor

chapter I|6 pages

A Box at the Opera

chapter II|7 pages

Monsieur et Mademoiselle

chapter III|8 pages

The Refusal and the Resolve

chapter IV|8 pages

Munitions of War

chapter V|7 pages

An Invasion of Paris

chapter VI|7 pages

Jerome is Puzzled

chapter VII|7 pages

A Challenge

chapter VIII|8 pages

A Startling Scheme

chapter IX|7 pages

How Vansittart Became a Frenchman

chapter X|8 pages

Vansittart's Proposal

chapter XI|9 pages

On the Verge of the Desert

chapter XII|7 pages

The Battle of El Hegef

chapter XIII|9 pages

A Tomb in the Wilderness

chapter XIV|8 pages

Vansittart Rides for a Fall

chapter XV|7 pages

A Storm Brewing

chapter XVI|8 pages

A Rival Prince

chapter XVII|9 pages

The Storm Bursts

chapter XVIII|6 pages

How Jerome Enjoyed his Holiday

chapter XIX|7 pages

De Tournon's Downfall

chapter XX|8 pages

Some Royalties — and Others

chapter XXI|8 pages

The Rivals

chapter XXII|9 pages

A Captured Lion

chapter XXIII|6 pages

Murder as a Fine Art - With Illustrations

chapter XXIV|8 pages

The Meeting of Directors

chapter XXV|9 pages

How the Sahara was Flooded

chapter XXVI|5 pages

A Combat of Monarchs

chapter XXVII|6 pages

Introspective

chapter XXVIII|8 pages

Adumbrations

chapter XXIX|8 pages

Intrigue

chapter XXX|7 pages

Two Women

chapter XXXI|7 pages

The Soirée

chapter XXXII|8 pages

A Ministerial Panic

chapter XXXIII|8 pages

The President Takes Action

chapter XXXIV|8 pages

Vansittart Meets the Cabinet

chapter XXXV|6 pages

A Bloodless Revolution

chapter XXXVI|7 pages

The Princesse Marchesi

chapter XXXVII|6 pages

The Conspirators

chapter XXXVIII|9 pages

The Siege of St. Cloud

chapter XXXIX|10 pages

The Conspiracy Ends

chapter XL|7 pages

Arizona Jim Speaks his Mind

chapter XLI|8 pages

The Coronation

chapter XLII|5 pages

"Sahara Limited" Wound up