Scarlet Plague: 00 (The Radium Age Science Fiction Series) - Softcover

Jack London; Introduction By Matthew Battles

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9781935869504: Scarlet Plague: 00 (The Radium Age Science Fiction Series)

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ISBN 10: 1935869507 ISBN 13: 9781935869504

Publisher: HiLoBooks, 2012

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'London's style is typically lush but his viewpoint is sceptical and dystopian...Like The 'Tempest' - that much earlier parable on the themes of exploitation and greed - London's story reminds us of the dangers we still court with our careless ways' --The Times

About the Author:

Jack London, world-famous adventurer and author of The Call of the Wild, wrote several key works of Radium-Age science fiction (1904-33), including The Iron Heel (1908) and The Star Rover (1914). The Scarlet Plague (1912) is set in London's hometown of San Francisco, California.

Matthew Battles is the author of Library: An Unquiet History, The Urge of the Letter (forthcoming), and a science fiction story collection, The Sovereignties of Invention. He is the co-founder and literary editor of HiLobrow.com.

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