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Concerning Matters pertaining to Submersible carriages most oft used in the Destruction of vars. Vessels hitherto consigned to Float, including the History of such, in Addition to a most Celebrated figure deigning to Conduct himself in a matter most contrast to the expected Behaviors of the Overworld.
Timestamps:
introduction, submarine history (0:00)
Jules Verne - "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: A World Tour Underwater" (1869-70), background, book one plot summary/discussion (10:20)
book two plot summary/discussion (54:06)
general discussion (1:19:00)
Bibliography:
Bradbury, Ray. introduction to "20000 Leagues Under the Sea", Bantam, 1962.
Butcher, William. introduction to and notes to "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas", Oxford World's Classics, 1998.
Horton, Edward. "The Illustrated History of the Submarine", 1974
Keeline, James D. "Jules Verne, Bracebridge Hemyng, AND Edward Stratemeyer: A Case of Nineteenth-Century Plagiarism", Dime Novel Roundup Feb. 1997, https://www.scribd.com/document/419924466/Jules-Verne-Bracebridge-Hemyng-and-Edward-Stratemeyer-A-Case-of-Nineteenth-Century-Plagiarism
Concerning matters pertaining to the oft-repeated Philosophy of "Transportation is Civilisation" and the divers affects such a Speculation may be permitted to induce towards Society as a whole.
Timestamps:
Rudyard Kipling biography/background (0:00)
Rudyard Kipling - "With the Night Mail" (1905) (23:32)
Rudyard Kipling - "As Easy as A.B.C." (1912) (1:00:46)
Bibliography:
Carrington, Charles - "Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work" (1955)
McGivering, John, notes on "As Easy as A.B.C." Kipling Society. (2012) http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/rg_easyabc1.htm
Rowland, Marcus L. (ed) - "With The Night Mail & As Easy As A.B.C.", by Rudyard Kipling, Forgotten Futures ed. http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/ff1/nm-abc.pdf
Stoddard, William H. - "Every Crowd is Crazy: Kipling’s Political Theme in As Easy as A.B.C". Prometheus, Newsletter of the LFS, Vol. 29, No. 4, Summer, 2011
Containing henceforth the Continuation of the previous Installment pertaining to Aerial Navigation, in which vars. Military applications are considered, including the Application of a clandestine Society, whose Rosters enjoy an incredibly large Membership.
Timestamps:
introduction, George Griffith biography (0:00)
plot summary/discussion, beginning - chapter 19 (10:02)
plot summary/discussion, chapter 20 - end (1:04:18)
Bibliography:
Apocalist Book Club. "Olga Romanoff or The Syren of the Skies by George Griffith" https://apocalistbookclub.libsyn.com/ep-6-olga-romanoff-or-the-syren-of-the-skies-by-george-griffith
McLean, Steven. introduction to "Angel of the Revolution", Victorian Secrets reprinting, 2012.
In which the sophisticated Saharans take a great Interest in the barbaric English (for what Reason is not altogether Clear).
Timestamps:
the Herrmann Lang authorship mystery (0:00)
plot summary (17:27)
general discussion (1:27:06)
Bibliography:
Bleiler, Everett F. - "Science Fiction: The Early Years: A Full Description of More Than 3,000 Science Fiction Stories"
Heckethorn, Charles William - "Lincoln's Inn fields and the localities adjacent"
Suvin, Darko - "Narrative Logic, Ideological Domination, and the Range of Science Fiction: A Hypothesis with a Historical Test"
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"
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