In which an ordinary Fellow finds himself Swept Up in an extraordinary Conflict (which has the unfortunate Resolution to be the End of Life as we Know It)

Timestamps:

background, plot summary (0:00)

general discussion (1:05:09)

Bibliography:

Berghahn, Volker R. - "Europe in the Era of Two World Wars: From Militarism and Genocide to Civil Society, 1900-1950"

Emmerson, Charles - "1913: In search of the world before the great war"

Sherborne, Michael - "H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life "

Containing matters which pertain to that wonderful Phenomenon most-oft referred to as Flight, in which through the aid of vars. Devices (including those both of a composition of Lesser and Greater Density than its surrounding Medium), humanity is Raised into the Heavens (though it May be a cause of Concern of what happens when It gets there).

Timestamps:

A reading of Hans Christian Andersen - "In a Thousand Years" (1852) (0:00)

Introduction, flight history (7:39)

Bibliography:

Jarrett, Philip (ed.) - "Pioneer Aircraft: Early Aviation Before 1914"

Conserning Matters pertaining to the Works previously Discussed, in which an Attempt is made to Numerically sort by Quality (and Henceforth the Reverse Likewise), a Sketch of the Immediacy is constructed (though, perhaps, in a rather obtuse Fashion), and matters irrelevant to the Programme.

In which an Interplanetary Alliance confronts an Intradimensional Force.

In which a fully mechanized City teaches a partickular Human how to Love his own Kind.

In which the Ability to Conceal oneself and pass betwixt the Atoms of Terrestrial and Heavenly Matter is made Available.

Bibliography:

Holloway, Laura Carter. "The Woman's Story: As Told by Twenty American Women" 

In which one of Our World's major Religions employs Assassination by Novel Methods.

In which Our Corporate Sponsors divert a catastrophic Tempest in a most amusing Fashion.

Bibliography:

Chattopadhyay, Bodhisattva. Notes on translation of "Runaway Cyclone". https://web.archive.org/web/20140905235504/http://strangehorizons.com/2013/20130930/3bose-f.shtml

Mahanti, Subodh. Vigyan Prasar Science Portal: Acharya Jagadis Chandra Bose. https://www.webcitation.org/66u29FUM5?url=http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/JCBOSE.htm

Containing a moral Caution regarding the development Biological Weapons, with a Fair consideration given to the Ethical Mode.

Describing that Which is Descending from the Heavens (whither this Cosmological Construction be of a Divine or Alien nature is Unclear)