The Reign of Brainwash: Dystopia Box Set

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Musaicum Books presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: George Orwell: 1984 Animal Farm Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Sinclair Lewis: It Can't Happen Here C. S. Lewis: That Hideous Strength Yevgeny Zamyatin: We Jack London: Iron Heel H. G. Wells: The Time Machine The First Men in the Moon When the Sleeper Wakes Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Coming Race Edgar Allan Poe: The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion Owen Gregory: Meccania the Super-State Hugh Benson: Lord of the World Edward Bellamy: Looking Backward: 2000–1887 Equality Mary Shelley: The Last Man William Hope Hodgson: The Night Land Stanley G. Weinbaum: The Black Flame Fred M. White: The Doom of London Series The Four White Days The Four Days' Night The Dust of Death A Bubble Burst The Invisible Force The River of Death Ignatius Donnelly: Caesar's Column Ernest Bramah: The Secret of the League Arthur Dudley Vinton: Looking Further Backward Richard Jefferies: After London Samuel Butler: Erewhon Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland Anthony Trollope: The Fixed Period Cleveland Moffett: The Conquest of America

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Table of Contents

George Orwell

1984

One

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VI

VII

VIII

Two

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

Three

II

III

IV

V

VI

Appendix. The Principles of Newspeak

Animal Farm

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Brave New World: A Novel

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

§ 1

§ 2

Chapter V

§ 1

§ 2

Chapter VI

§ 1

§ 2

§ 3

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII

Brave New World Revisited (An Essay by Aldous Huxley)

Foreword

I. Over-Population

II. Quantity, Quality, Morality

III. Over-Organization

IV. Propaganda in a Democratic Society

V. Propaganda Under a Dictatorship

VI. The Arts of Selling

VII. Brainwashing

VIII. Chemical Persuasion

IX. Subconscious Persuasion

X. Hypnopaedia

XI. Education for Freedom

XII. What Can Be Done?

Sinclair Lewis

It Can't Happen Here

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C. S. Lewis

That Hideous Strength

Chapter One. Sale of College Property

I

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III

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V

Chapter Two. Dinner with the Sub-Warden

I

II

III

IV

Chapter Three. Belbury and St. Anne’s-on-the-Hill

I

II

III

IV

V

Chapter Four. The Liquidation of Anachronisms

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

Chapter Five. Elasticity

I

II

III

Chapter Six. Fog

I

II

III

IV

V

Chapter Seven. The Pendragon

I

II

III

IV

Chapter Eight. Moonlight at Belbury

I

II

III

Chapter Nine. The Saracen’s Head

I

II

III

IV

V

Chapter Ten. The Conquered City

I

II

III

IV

Chapter Eleven. Battle Begun

I

II

III

Chapter Twelve. Wet and Windy Night

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

Chapter Thirteen. They have pulled down Deep Heaven on their Heads

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II

III

IV

V

Chapter Fourteen “Real Life is Meeting”

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II

III

IV

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VI

Chapter Fifteen. The Descent of the Gods

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II

III

IV

V

Chapter Sixteen. Banquet at Belbury

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IV

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VI

Chapter Seventeen. Venus at St. Anne’s

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VII

VIII

Yevgeny Zamyatin

We

Foreword

Thirty-five Years Later

Record One

Record Two

Record Three

Record Four

Record Five

Record Six

Record Seven

Record Eight

Record Nine

Record Ten

Record Eleven

Record Twelve

Record Thirteen

Record Fourteen

Record Fifteen

Record Sixteen

Record Seventeen

Record Eighteen

Record Nineteen

Record Twenty

Record Twenty-one

Record Twenty-two

Record Twenty-three

Record Twenty-four

Record Twenty-five

Record Twenty-six

Record Twenty-seven

Record Twenty-eight

Record Twenty-nine

Record Thirty

Record Thirty-one

Record Thirty-two

Record Thirty-three

Record Thirty-four

Record Thirty-five

Record Thirty-six

Record Thirty-seven

Record Thirty-eight

Record Thirty-nine

Record Forty

Jack London

Iron Heel

Foreword

Chapter I. My Eagle

Chapter II. Challenges

Chapter III. Jackson’s Arm

Chapter IV. Slaves of the Machine

Chapter V. The Philomaths

Chapter VI. Adumbrations

Chapter VII. The Bishop’s Vision

Chapter VIII. The Machine Breakers

Chapter IX. The Mathematics of a Dream

Chapter X. The Vortex

Chapter XI. The Great Adventure

Chapter XII. The Bishop

Chapter XIII. The General Strike

Chapter XIV. The Beginning of the End

Chapter XV. Last Days

Chapter XVI. The End

Chapter XVII. The Scarlet Livery

Chapter XVIII. In the Shadow of Sonoma

Chapter XIX. Transformation

Chapter XX. A Lost Oligarch

Chapter XXI. The Roaring Abysmal Beast

Chapter XXII. The Chicago Commune

Chapter XXIII. The People of the Abyss

Chapter XXIV. Nightmare

Chapter XXV. The Terrorists

H. G. Wells

The Time Machine

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Epilogue

The First Men in the Moon

Chapter 1. Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne

Chapter 2. The First Making of Cavorite

Chapter 3. The Building of the sphere

Chapter 4. Inside the Sphere

Chapter 5. The Journey to the Moon

Chapter 6. The Landing on the Moon

Chapter 7. Sunrise on the Moon

Chapter 8. A Lunar Morning

Chapter 9. Prospecting Begins

Chapter 10. Lost Men in the Moon

Chapter 11. The Mooncalf Pastures

Chapter 12. The Selenite’s Face

Chapter 13. Mr. Cavor Makes Some Suggestions

Chapter 14. Experiments in intercourse

Chapter 15. The Giddy Bridge

Chapter 16. Points of View

Chapter 17. The Fight in the Cave of the Moon Butchers

Chapter 18. In the Sunlight

Chapter 19. Mr. Bedford Alone

Chapter 20. Mr. Bedford in Infinite Space

Chapter 21. Mr. Bedford at Littlestone

Chapter 22. The Astonishing Communication of Mr. Julius Wendigee

Chapter 23. An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor

Chapter 24. The Natural History of the Selenites

Chapter 25. The Grand Lunar

Chapter 26. The Last Message Cavor sent to the Earth

When the Sleeper Wakes

Chapter I. Insomnia

Chapter II. The Trance

Chapter III. The Awakening

Chapter IV. The Sound of a Tumult

Chapter V. The Moving Ways

Chapter VI. The Hall of the Atlas

Chapter VII. In the Silent Rooms

Chapter VIII. The Roof Spaces

Chapter IX. The People March

Chapter X. The Battle of the Darkness

Chapter XI. The Old Man Who Knew Everything

Chapter XII. Ostrog

Chapter XIII. The End of the Old Order

Chapter XIV. From the Crow’s Nest

Chapter XV. Prominent People

Chapter XVI. The Monoplane

Chapter XVII. Three Days

Chapter XVIII. Graham Remembers

Chapter XIX. Ostrog’s Point of View

Chapter XX. In the City Ways

Chapter XXI. The Underside

Chapter XXII. The Struggle in the Council House

Chapter XXIII. Graham Speaks His Word

Chapter XXIV. While the Aeroplanes were Coming

Chapter XXV. The Coming of the Aeroplanes

Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels

A Letter from Captain Gulliver to his Cousin Sympson

Written in the year 1727

Part I. A Voyage to Lilliput. Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Part II. A Voyage to Brobdingnag. Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Part III. A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan. Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Part IV. A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms. Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The Coming Race

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Edgar Allan Poe

The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion

Owen Gregory

Meccania the Super-State

Introduction. A Few Words About Mr. Ming and His Journal

Note on Personal Names

Chapter I. I Become a Foreign Observer

Chapter II. Bridgetown, Tour No. 1

Chapter III. Introduction to Mecco

Chapter IV. Professor Proser-Toady’s Lecture

Chapter V. Culture in Mecco

Chapter VI. More Culture in Mecco

Chapter VII. A Meccanian Apostle

Chapter VIII. The Mechow Festival

Chapter IX. Meccanisation

Chapter X. Conversations

Chapter XI. An Academic Discussion

Chapter XII. The Latest Institution

Chapter XIII. Never Again

Hugh Benson

Lord of the World

Preface

Prologue

Book I. The Advent

Chapter I

I

II

III

Chapter II

I

II

III

Chapter III

I

II

III

Chapter IV

I

II

III

Chapter V

I

II

Book II. The Encounter

Chapter I

I

II

III

IV

Chapter II

I

II

III

IV

Chapter III

I

II

III

Chapter IV

I

II

III

Chapter V

I

II

III

Chapter VI

I

II

III

IV

Chapter VII

I

II

Chapter VIII

I

II

III

Book III. The Victory

Chapter I

I

II

III

Chapter II

I

II

III

Chapter III

I

II

III

Chapter IV

I

II

III

Chapter V

I

II

III

Chapter VI

I

II

III

Edward Bellamy

Looking Backward: 2000–1887

Author’s Preface

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Equality

Preface

Chapter I. A sharp cross-examiner

Chapter II. Why the revolution did not come earlier

Chapter III. I acquire a stake in the country

Chapter IV. A twentieth-century bank parlor

Chapter V. I experience a new sensation

Chapter VI. Honi soit qui mal y pense

Chapter VII. A string of surprises

Chapter VIII. The greatest wonder yet-fashion dethroned

Chapter IX. Something that had not changed

Chapter X. A midnight plunge

Chapter XI. Life the basis of the right of property

Chapter XII. How inequality of wealth destroys liberty

Chapter XIII. Private capital stolen from the social fund

Chapter XIV. We look over my collection of harnesses

Chapter XV. What we were coming to but for the revolution

Chapter XVI. An excuse that condemned

Chapter XVII. The revolution saves private property from monopoly

Chapter XVIII. An echo of the past

Chapter XIX "Can a maid forget her ornaments?"

Chapter XX. What the revolution did for women

Chapter XXI. At the gymnasium

Chapter XXII. Economic suicide of the profit system

Chapter XXIII "The parable of the water tank"

Chapter XXIV. I am shown all the kingdoms of the Earth

Chapter XXV. The strikers

Chapter XXVI. Foreign commerce under profits; protection and free trade, or between the devil and the deep sea

Chapter XXVII. Hostility of a system of vested interests to improvement

Chapter XXVIII. How the profit system nullified the benefit of inventions

Chapter XXIX. I receive an ovation

Chapter XXX. What universal culture means

Chapter XXXI "Neither in this mountain nor at Jerusalem"

Chapter XXXII. Eritis sicut deus

Chapter XXXIII. Several important matters overlooked

Chapter XXXIV. What started the revolution

Chapter XXXV. Why the revolution went slow at first but fast at last

Chapter XXXVI. Theater-going in the twentieth century

Chapter XXXVII. The transition period

Chapter XXXVIII. The book of the blind

Mary Shelley

The Last Man

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

William Hope Hodgson

The Night Land

The Dreams that are only Dreams

I. Mirdath the Beautiful

II. The Last Redoubt

III. The Quiet Calling

IV. The Hushing of the Voice

V. Into the Night Land

VI. The Way That I Did Go

VII. The Night Land

VIII. Down the Mighty Slope

IX. The Dark Pyramid

X. The Maid of the Olden Days

XI. The Homeward Way

XII. Downward of the Gorge

XIII. Homeward by the Shore

XIV. On the Island

XV. Past the House of Silence

XVI. In the Country of Silence

XVII. The Love Days

Stanley G. Weinbaum

The Black Flame

Penalty — and Aftermath

Evanie the Sorceress

Forest Meeting

A Bit of Ancient History

The Village

The Metamorphs

Panate Blood

In Time of Peace

The Way to Urbs

Revolution

Flight

The Messenger

The Trail Back

The Master

Two Women

Immortality

The Destiny of Man

The Sky-Rat

Death Flight?

The Conspirators

The Dinner at the Sleeper's

Declaration

The Amphimorphs in the Pool

The Atomic Bomb

Inferno

The Master Sits in Judgment

Fred M. White

The Doom of London Series

The Four White Days

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

The Four Days’ Night

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

The Dust of Death

A Bubble Burst

The Invisible Force

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

The River of Death

I

II

III

IV

V

Ignatius Donnelly

Caesar's Column

To the Public

Chapter I. The Great City

Chapter II. My Adventure

Chapter III. The Beggar's Home

Chapter IV. The Under-World

Chapter V. Estella Washington

Chapter VI. The Interview

Chapter VII. The Hiding-Place

Chapter VIII. The Brotherhood

Chapter IX. The Poisoned Knife

Chapter X. Preparations for To-night

Chapter XI. How the World Came to be Ruined

Chapter XII. Gabriel's Utopia

Chapter XIII. The Council of the Oligarchy

Chapter XIV. The Spy's Story

Chapter XV. The Master of "The Demons"

Chapter XVI. Gabriel's Folly

Chapter XVII. The Flight and Pursuit

Chapter XVIII. The Execution

Chapter XIX. The Mamelukes of the Air

Chapter XX. The Workingmen's Meeting

Chapter XXI. A Sermon of the Twentieth Century

Chapter XXII. Estella and I

Chapter XXIII. Max's Story – The Songstress

Chapter XXIV. Max's Story Continued – The Journeyman Printer

Chapter XXV. Max's Story Continued – The Dark Shadow

Chapter XXVI. Max's Story Continued – The Widow and Her Son

Chapter XXVII. Max's Story Continued – The Blacksmith Shop

Chapter XXVIII. Max's Story Concluded – The Unexpected Happens

Chapter XXIX. Elysium

Chapter XXX. Upon the House-Top

Chapter XXXI "Sheol"

Chapter XXXII. The Rat-Trap

Chapter XXXIII "The Ocean Overpeers Its List"

Chapter XXXIV. The Prince Gives His Last Bribe

Chapter XXXV. The Liberated Prisoner

Chapter XXXVI. Cæsar Erects His Monument

Chapter XXXVII. The Second Day

Chapter XXXVIII. The Flight

Chapter XXXIX. Europe

Chapter XL. The Garden in the Mountains

Ernest Bramah

The Secret of the League (aka What Might Have Been)

Chapter I. Irene

Chapter II. The Period, and the Coming of Wings

Chapter III. The Million to One Chance

Position of Parties at the Dissolution

Party Gains

Position of Parties in the New Parliament

(The above returns do not include the Orkney and Shetland Islands.)

Chapter IV. The Compact

Chapter V. The Downtrodden

Chapter VI. Miss Lisle Tells a Long Pointless Story

Chapter VII "Schedule B"

Chapter VIII. Tantroy Earns His Wage

Chapter IX. Secret History

Chapter X. The Order of St Martin of Tours

Chapter XI. Man Between Two Masters

Chapter XII. By Telescribe

"THE UNITY LEAGUE

Chapter XIII. The Effect of the Bomb

THE INDUSTRIAL WAR IN FRANCE. Prohibitive Tax on Coal

Chapter XIV. The Last Chance and the Counsel of Expedience

COAL WAR

Chapter XV. The Great Fiasco

Chapter XVI. The Dark Winter

Chapter XVII. The Incident of the 13th of January

Chapter XVIII. The Music and the Dance

Chapter XIX. The "Finis" Message

Chapter XX. Stobalt of Salaveira

Chapter XXI. The Bargain of Famine

Chapter XXII "Poor England."

Arthur Dudley Vinton

Looking Further Backward

Preface

Lecture I

Lecture II

Lecture III

Lecture IV

Lecture V

Lecture VI

Lecture VII

Lecture VIII

Lecture IX

Lecture X

Lecture XI

Lecture XII

Lecture XIII

Lecture XIV

Richard Jefferies

After London

Part I. The Relapse into Barbarism

Chapter I. The Great Forest

Chapter II. Wild Animals

Chapter III. Men of the Woods

Chapter IV. The Invaders

Chapter V. The Lake

Part II. Wild England

Chapter I. Sir Felix

Chapter II. The House of Aquila

Chapter III. The Stockade

Chapter IV. The Canoe

Chapter V. Baron Aquila

Chapter VI. The Forest Track

Chapter VII. The Forest Track Continued

Chapter VIII. Thyma Castle

Chapter IX. Superstitions

Chapter X. The Feast

Chapter XI. Aurora

Chapter XII. Night in the Forest

Chapter XIII. Sailing Away

Chapter XIV. The Straits

Chapter XV. Sailing Onwards

Chapter XVI. The City

Chapter XVII. The Camp

Chapter XVIII. The King’s Levy

Chapter XIX. Fighting

Chapter XX. In Danger

Chapter XXI. A Voyage

Chapter XXII. Discoveries

Chapter XXIII. Strange Things

Chapter XXIV. Fiery Vapours

Chapter XXV. The Shepherds

Chapter XXVI. Bow and Arrow

Chapter XXVII. Surprised

Chapter XXVIII. For Aurora

Samuel Butler

Erewhon

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to Second Edition

Preface to the Revised Edition

Chapter I. Waste Lands

Chapter II. In the Wool-Shed

Chapter III. Up the River

Chapter IV. The Saddle

Chapter V. The River and the Range

Chapter VI. Into Erewhon

Chapter VII. First Impressions

Chapter VIII. In Prison

Chapter IX. To the Metropolis

Chapter X. Current Opinions

Chapter XI. Some Erewhonian Trials

Chapter XII. Malcontents

Chapter XIII. The Views of the Erewhonians Concerning Death

Chapter XIV. Mahaina

Chapter XV. The Musical Banks

Chapter XVI. Arowhena

Chapter XVII. Ydgrun and the Ydgrunites

Chapter XVIII. Birth Formulae

Chapter XIX. The World of the Unborn

Chapter XX. What They Mean By It

Chapter XXI. The Colleges of Unreason

Chapter XXII. The Colleges of Unreason—Continued

Chapter XXIII. The Book of the Machines

Chapter XXIV. The Machines—Continued

Chapter XXV. The Machines—Concluded

Chapter XXVI. The Views of an Erewhonian Prophet Concerning the Rights of Animals

Chapter XXVII. The Views of an Erewhonian Philosopher Concerning the Rights of Vegetables

Chapter XXVIII. Escape

Chapter XXIX. Conclusion

Edwin A. Abbott

Flatland

Preface

Part I: This World

Section 1. Of the Nature of Flatland

Section 2. Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland

Section 3. Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland

Section 4. Concerning the Women

Section 5. Of our Methods of Recognizing one another

Section 6. Of Recognition by Sight

Section 7. Concerning Irregular Figures

Section 8. Of the Ancient Practice of Painting

Section 9. Of the Universal Colour Bill

Section 10. Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition

Section 11. Concerning our Priests

Section 12. Of the Doctrine of our Priests

Part II: Other Worlds

Section 13. How I had a Vision of Lineland

Section 14. How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland

Section 15. Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland

Section 16. How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland

Section 17. How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds

Section 18. How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there

Section 19. How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it

Section 20. How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision

Section 21. How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success

Section 22. How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result

Anthony Trollope

The Fixed Period

Volume I

Chapter I. Introduction

Chapter II. Gabriel Crasweller

Chapter III. The First Break-Down

Chapter IV. Jack Neverbend

Chapter V. The Cricket-Match

Chapter VI. The College

Volume II

Chapter VII. Columbus and Galileo

Chapter VIII. The "John Bright"

Chapter IX. The New Governor

Chapter X. The Town-Hall

Chapter XI. Farewell!

Chapter XII. Our Voyage to England

Cleveland Moffett

The Conquest of America

To My Fellow Americans

Chapter I. I Witness the Blowing Up of the Panama Canal

Chapter II. American Aeroplanes and Submarines Battle Desperately Against the German Fleet

Chapter III. German Invaders Drive the Iron into the Soul of Unprepared America

Chapter IV. Invasion of Long Island and the Battle of Brooklyn

Chapter V. General von Hindenburg Teaches New York City a Lesson

Chapter VI. Various Unpleasant Happenings in Manhattan

Chapter VII. New Haven is Punished for Rioting and Insubordination

Chapter VIII. I Have a Friendly Talk with the German Crown Prince and Secure a Sensational Interview

Chapter IX. Boston Offers Desperate and Bloody Resistance to the Invaders

Chapter X. Lord Kitchener Visits America and Discusses Our Military Problems

Chapter XI. Heroic Act of Barbara Webb Saves American Army at the Battle of Trenton

Chapter XII. Rear-Admiral Thomas Q. Allyn Weighs Chances of the American Fleet in Impending Naval Battle

Chapter XIII. The Great Naval Battle of the Caribbean Sea

Chapter XIV. Philadelphia’s First City Troops Die in Defence of the Liberty Bell

Chapter XV. Thrilling Incident at Wanamaker’s Store When Germans Dishonour American Flag

Chapter XVI. An American Girl Brings News that Changes the Course of the Mount Vernon Peace Conference

Chapter XVII. Thomas A. Edison Makes a Serious Mistake in Accepting a Dinner Invitation

Chapter XVIII. I Witness the Battle of the Susquehanna from Vincent Astor’s Aeroplane

Chapter XIX. General Wood Scores Another Brilliant Success Against the Crown Prince

Chapter XX. Third Battle of Bull Run with Aeroplanes Carrying Liquid Chlorine

Chapter XXI. The Awakening of America

Chapter XXII. On Christmas Eve Boston Theills the Nation with an Act of Magnificent Heroism

Chapter XXIII. Confessions of an American Spy and Bravery of Buffalo Schoolboys

Chapter XXIV. Novel Attack of American Airship Upon German Super-Dreadnought

Chapter XXV. Desperate Effort to Rescue Thomas A. Edison from the Germans

Chapter XXVI. Riots in Chicago AND German Plot to Rescue the Crown Prince

Chapter XXVII. Decisive Battle Between German Fleet and American Seaplanes Carrying Torpedoes

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George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Sinclair Lewis, C. S. Lewis, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Jack London, H. G. Wells, Jonathan Swift, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edgar Allan Poe, Owen Gregory, Hugh Benson, Edward Bellamy, Mary Shelley, William Hope Hodgson, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Fred M. White, Ignatius Donnelly, Ernest Bramah, Arthur Dudley Vinton, Richard Jefferies, Samuel Butler, Edwin A. Abbott, Anthony Trollope, Cleveland Moffett

1984

.....

He saw himself standing there in the dim lamplight, with the smell of bugs and cheap scent in his nostrils, and in his heart a feeling of defeat and resentment which even at that moment was mixed up with the thought of Katharine's white body, frozen forever by the hypnotic power of the Party. Why did it always have to be like this? Why could he not have a woman of his own instead of these filthy scuffles at intervals of years? But a real love affair was an almost unthinkable event. The women of the Party were all alike. Chastity was as deeply ingrained in them as Party loyalty. By careful early conditioning, by games and cold water, by the rubbish that was dinned into them at school and in the Spies and the Youth League, by lectures, parades, songs, slogans, and martial music, the natural feeling had been driven out of them. His reason told him that there must be exceptions, but his heart did not believe it. They were all impregnable, as the Party intended that they should be. And what he wanted, more even than to be loved, was to break down that wall of virtue, even if it were only once in his whole life. The sexual act, successfully performed, was rebellion. Desire was thoughtcrime. Even to have awakened Katharine, if he could have achieved it, would have been like a seduction, although she was his wife.

But the rest of the story had got to be written down. He wrote:

.....

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