Before Armageddon
{{Short description|1975 collection of stories edited by Michael Moorcock}}{{One source|date=August 2024}}
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| image = BeforeArmageddon.jpg
| caption = First edition cover
| isbn = 978-0-352-39784-3
| pub_date = January 1, 1976
| publisher = Wyndham Publications
| editor = Michael Moorcock
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Before Armageddon: An Anthology of Victorian and Edwardian Imaginative Fiction Published Before 1914 is a collection of stories, including invasion literature, and one article, all edited by Michael Moorcock. Originally published in hardback by W.H. Allen in 1975, it was re-issued as a paperback by Star in 1976.
The collection is notable largely for its introduction by Michael Moorcock.{{cite book |author=Alkon |first=Paul K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jh5vV9DZTaQC&pg=PA155 |title=Science Fiction Before 1900: Imagination Discovers Technology |date=15 April 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-98049-9 |page=155}}
Contents
- "Introduction" - Michael Moorcock
- "The Battle of Dorking" - George Tomkyns Chesney (Blackwood's, May, 1871)
- "Dr. Trifulgas" - Jules Verne (The Strand, July 1892; Le Figaro Illustre, December 1884)
- "The Raid of Le Vengeur" - George Griffith (Pearson's Magazine (US) February 1901)
- "The Great War in England in 1897" - William Le Queux (Answers, 1893)
- "Life in Our New Century" - W. J. Wintle (The Harmsworth Magazine, January 1901)
- "The Three Drugs" - E. Nesbit (The Strand, Feb 1908)
See also
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- England Invaded, a second collection
References
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External links
- {{ISFDB title|36309}}
{{Michael Moorcock}}
Category:Science fiction anthologies
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