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Le Rouge, Gustave; Guitton, Gustave

 
9781612270968: The Dominion of the World 2: The Transatlantic Threat
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ISBN 10: 1612270964 ISBN 13: 9781612270968
Casa editrice: Hollywood Comics, 2012

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The Dominion of the World (1900) represents a transition from classic Vernian anticipation to the pulp serials of the 1920s and 1930s. It is also the only science fiction work that sought to dramatize the "Transatlantic Peril", positing a fundamental difference of culture and attitude between the United States and Europe. Despite some of its outlandishness, hindsight has lent the world imagined by Gustave Guitton and Gustave Le Rouge (The Vampires of Mars) a certain prophetic quality. In the second volume of the series, as France seemed headed for war with England over colonial disputes in Africa, the secret cabal of American billionaires, led by William Boltyn, schemes to stop French scientist Arsène Golbert from completing his plans for a subatlantic railway. Meanwhile, in his secret citadel of science hidden in the Rocky Mountains, mad engineer Hattison has created an invincible army of "iron men", robots that will ensure the billionaires' victory...

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Editore
Hollywood Comics
Data di pubblicazione
2012
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1612270964
ISBN 13 
9781612270968
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
248
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