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Jack London, world-famous adventurer and author of The Call of the Wild, wrote several key works of Radium-Age science fiction (1904-33), including The Iron Heel (1908) and The Star Rover (1914). The Scarlet Plague (1912) is set in London's hometown of San Francisco, California.
Matthew Battles is the author of Library: An Unquiet History, The Urge of the Letter (forthcoming), and a science fiction story collection, The Sovereignties of Invention. He is the co-founder and literary editor of HiLobrow.com.
Matthew Battles is the author of Library: An Unquiet History, The Urge of the Letter (forthcoming), and a science fiction story collection, The Sovereignties of Invention. He is the co-founder and literary editor of HiLobrow.com.
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- EditoreHilobooks
- Data di pubblicazione2012
- ISBN 10 1935869507
- ISBN 13 9781935869504
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine128
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Scarlet Plague (The Radium Age Science Fiction Series)
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ISBN 10: 1935869507
ISBN 13: 9781935869504
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