A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper CylinderAuthor :
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A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder (1888) is a novel by James De Mille. Originally serialized in Harperâ?Ts Weekly, the novel was published posthumously and, at first, anonymously. Although De Milleâ?Ts work predated such popular Lost World novels as H. Rider Haggardâ?Ts She (1887) and King Solomonâ?Ts Mines (1885), it was published nearly a decade after his death, leading critics to assume he had merely written a derivative work of fiction. Recent scholarship, however, has sought to emphasize De Milleâ?Ts talents as a writer and importance in the historical development of literary science fiction. â?oThe wind had failed, a deep calm had succeeded, and everywhere, as far as the eye could reach, the water was smooth and glassy. The yacht rose and fell at the impulse of the long ocean undulations, and the creaking of the spars sounded out a lazy accompaniment to the motion of the vessel.â?? Sailing in their yacht, a crew spots a copper cylinder afloat on the sunbeaten sea. Hauling it aboard, they open it to reveal a manuscript sealed from the elements containing the story of Adam More. Shipwrecked while returning to Britain from Tasmania, the sailor found himself stranded on a strange desert island near Antarctica. Soon, he stumbles upon a lost world of prehistoric plants and animals, a land of indescribable beauty and wonder. In the harsh volcanic landscape, he discovers a race of humans whose values are entirely foreign to his Western frame of mind. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of James De Milleâ?Ts A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder is a classic work of American science fiction reimagined for modern readers.
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