Armageddon 2419 A.D. features the introduction of Buck Rogers, the famous sci-fi adventure hero of early comics and radio shows. Originally published in Amazing Stories in 1928, this novella was later combined with Nowlan’s sequel, The Airlords of Han, and re-published under this same title in the 1960s. In it we follow Buck Rogers and his mysterious transportation to far-future America. The land was conquered by the evil Han Empire centuries ago, and the local Americans, scattered into competing gangs, are now starting a rebellion. Buck meets the leaders of one of the gangs and is swept up in the events.
Here, once more, is a real scientifiction story plus. It is a story which will make the heart of many readers leap with joy." "We have rarely printed a story in this magazine that for scientific interest, as well as suspense, could hold its own with this particular story. We prophesy that this story will become more valuable as the years go by. It certainly holds a number of interesting prophecies, of which no doubt, many will come true. For wealth of science, it will be hard to beat for some time to come. It is one of those rare stories that will bear reading and re-reading many times." "This story has impressed us so favorably, that we hope the author may be induced to write a sequel to it soon." -- from an editorial note in "Amazing Stories, " August 1928
In Armageddon - 2419 A.D., Buck, a victim of accidental suspended animation, awakens five hundred years later to discover America groaning under the tyranny of the villainous Han, ruling from the safety of their armored machine-cities. Falling in love with one of America's new warrior-women, Wilma Deering, Rogers soon become a central figure in using newly-developed scientific weapons - disintegrators, jumping belts, inertron, and paralysis rays - to revolt against the Han.
Meet fiction's great pioneer of space exploration in his very first adventures. Buck Rogers debuted in the 1920s in these tales from Amazing Stories and became a star of movies and television.
His name was Anthony Rogers. And he made the breath-taking trip from his own 20th Century into the 25th. The reason? A new leader was needed: someone strong and resourceful enough to combat the most vicious, most devastating horde of plunderers that ever swept over the earth. Anthony Rogers, later to be known as "Buck" and Wilma Deering, warrior girl of the 25th Century, were to launch themselves in this fast-moving novel as two of the most celebrated characters in science fiction.
Armageddon 2419 A.D. is a science fiction novella by Philip Francis Nowlan which first appeared in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories. A sequel called The Airlords of Han was published in the March 1929 issue of Amazing Stories.
Armageddon 2419 A.D. is Philip Francis Nowlan's novella which first appeared in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories. A sequel called The Airlords of Han was published in the March 1929 issue of Amazing Stories.The main character and the narrator in Armageddon 2419 A.D. is Anthony Rogers, who later appearss as "Buck Rogers". Rogers recounts the events of the "Second War of Independence" that precedes the first victory of Americans over Hans, in which he plays an important role.While investigating one of the lower levels of a mine, there was a cave-in. Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into "a state of suspended animation, free from the ravages of catabolic processes, and without any apparent effect on physical or mental faculties." Rogers remains in "sleep" for 492 years. He awakes in 2419 and, thinking that he has been asleep for just several hours, wanders for a few days in unfamiliar forests (what had been Pennsylvania almost five centuries before). Thereafter he joins a gang and by various means is successful in defeating the enemies.
THE ORIGINAL ""BUCK ROGERS"" SF CLASSIC! By Philip Francis Nowlan. "Armageddon - 2419 A.D." - Buck, a victim of accidental suspended animation, awakens five hundred years later to discover America groaning under the tyranny of the villainous Han, ruling from the safety of their armored machine-cities. Falling in love with one of America's new warrior-women, Wilma Deering, Rogers soon become a central figure in using newly-developed scientific weapons - disintegrators, jumping belts, inertron, and paralysis rays - to revolt against the Han. "Airlords of Han" - He and beloved, warrior-woman Wilma Deering, must lead a desperate a battle to the finish against a superior foe - using futuristic weapons such as disintegrators, jumping belts, inertron, paralysis rays, and atomic torpedoes. The climatic conflict features a special effects battle of ships and rays that would challenge even today's greatest filmmakers to reproduce successfully on film.
Armageddon 2419 A.D. is Philip Francis Nowlan's novella which first appeared in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories. A sequel called The Airlords of Han was published in the March 1929 issue of Amazing Stories.The main character and the narrator in Armageddon 2419 A.D. is Anthony Rogers, who later appearss as "Buck Rogers". Rogers recounts the events of the "Second War of Independence" that precedes the first victory of Americans over Hans, in which he plays an important role.While investigating one of the lower levels of a mine, there was a cave-in. Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into "a state of suspended animation, free from the ravages of catabolic processes, and without any apparent effect on physical or mental faculties." Rogers remains in "sleep" for 492 years. He awakes in 2419 and, thinking that he has been asleep for just several hours, wanders for a few days in unfamiliar forests (what had been Pennsylvania almost five centuries before). Thereafter he joins a gang and by various means is successful in defeating the enemies.
Welcome to the Essential Science Fiction Novels book series, where you will find a selection of endless tales about the incredible technologies of the future, time travel and its consequences, adventures in interstellar spaceships, strange post-apocalyptic worlds, dangerous alien invasions and everything else the authors dreamed of or feared for the future of humanity.For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the 5 novels by authors who created memorable stories that shaped the foundations of Science Fiction. Before Adam by Jack London.Armageddon2419 by Philip Francis Nowlan.The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells.With Her in Ourland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.Urania by Camille Flammarion.If you appreciate good books, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
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