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THE HEADS OF CERBERUS (Dystopian Classic) (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. The First Sci-Fi to use the Idea of Parallel Worlds and Alternate Time

by Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Francis Stevens, Bennett Alderwyn ...

The Heads of Cerberus stands as a foundational work of American dystopian and speculative fiction, combining uncanny adventure, political satire, and proto–science-fictional world-building. Its imagined future Philadelphia, rigidly stratified and ideologically policed, anticipates later dystopian classics in its concern with surveillance, historical mythmaking, and the fragility of civic freedom. ... Read more

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The Heads of Cerberus stands as a foundational work of American dystopian and speculative fiction, combining uncanny adventure, political satire, and proto–science-fictional world-building. Its imagined future Philadelphia, rigidly stratified and ideologically policed, anticipates later dystopian classics in its concern with surveillance, historical mythmaking, and the fragility of civic freedom.
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The Heads of Cerberus

by Gertrude Barrows Bennett ...

Series series Uproar Books Classics Series
Prophesy, nightmare, or inescapable reality?Long before The Hunger Games… Before even Philip K. Dick or H.P. Lovecraft… This 1919 pulp classic explored a nightmarish alternative reality where America’s ruling class forces the poor to compete in deadly games.Win, and you’ll earn a lifetime of fame and luxury. But the games are rigged, and a public execution awaits all who dare to try.When a ... Read more

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Prophesy, nightmare, or inescapable reality?Long before The Hunger Games… Before even Philip K. Dick or H.P. Lovecraft… This 1919 pulp classic explored a nightmarish alternative reality where America’s ruling class forces the poor to compete in deadly games.Win, and you’ll earn a lifetime of fame and luxury. But the games are rigged, and a public execution awaits all who dare to try.When a
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Claimed (Annotated)

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by Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Francis Stevens, Graham Fairmere ...

Claimed gathers the strange energies of early twentieth-century speculative fiction into a work of uncanny maritime mystery, occult suggestion, and proto–science fiction imagination. Moving between adventure narrative, psychological suspense, and supernatural romance, it explores possession, desire, antiquity, and the perilous allure of unknown forces. Its atmosphere of storm, sea, and buried myth ... Read more

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Claimed gathers the strange energies of early twentieth-century speculative fiction into a work of uncanny maritime mystery, occult suggestion, and proto–science fiction imagination. Moving between adventure narrative, psychological suspense, and supernatural romance, it explores possession, desire, antiquity, and the perilous allure of unknown forces. Its atmosphere of storm, sea, and buried myth
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The Citadel of Fear (Annotated)

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by Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Francis Stevens, Miles Kelmere ...

The Citadel of Fear stands at a formative crossroads of early twentieth-century speculative fiction, blending lost-world adventure, occult horror, scientific romance, and proto–dark fantasy. Its narrative ranges from Mesoamerican mystery and uncanny transformation to psychological terror and cosmic menace, offering a striking example of pulp-era experimentation before genre boundaries had fully ... Read more

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The Citadel of Fear stands at a formative crossroads of early twentieth-century speculative fiction, blending lost-world adventure, occult horror, scientific romance, and proto–dark fantasy. Its narrative ranges from Mesoamerican mystery and uncanny transformation to psychological terror and cosmic menace, offering a striking example of pulp-era experimentation before genre boundaries had fully
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Claimed!

by Gertrude Barrows Bennett ...

Series series Weird Fiction
Penguin Weird Fiction: a celebration of the very best of the weird, a store of novels and tales that for generations have delighted and horrified.Woken from his sleep by an urgent request to attend to a new patient, Dr. John Vanaman is soon at the home of Jesse J. Robinson, a wealthy industrialist, struck gravely ill after a struggle with a burglar. The thief was after Robinson’s most prized ... Read more

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Penguin Weird Fiction: a celebration of the very best of the weird, a store of novels and tales that for generations have delighted and horrified.Woken from his sleep by an urgent request to attend to a new patient, Dr. John Vanaman is soon at the home of Jesse J. Robinson, a wealthy industrialist, struck gravely ill after a struggle with a burglar. The thief was after Robinson’s most prized
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Claimed!

by Gertrude Barrows Bennett ...

This science fiction novel is an immersive tale of dark fantasy, combining the occult with a nautical adventure. The story opens with soldiers discovering a recently formed volcanic island. They bring back a mesmerising green artefact, which eventually ends up in the hands of a New Jersey millionaire named Jesse J. Robinson.Jesse and his niece are soon haunted by horrible hallucinations and ... Read more

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This science fiction novel is an immersive tale of dark fantasy, combining the occult with a nautical adventure. The story opens with soldiers discovering a recently formed volcanic island. They bring back a mesmerising green artefact, which eventually ends up in the hands of a New Jersey millionaire named Jesse J. Robinson.Jesse and his niece are soon haunted by horrible hallucinations and
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Claimed (Sci-Fi Classic)

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by Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Francis Stevens, Grayson Doyle ...

In 'Claimed,' an anthology that assembles the visionary works of Gertrude Barrows Bennett, writing under the pseudonym Francis Stevens, readers are treated to a mesmerizing range of early speculative and science fiction. The collection traverses a labyrinth of imaginative realities, setting foundational stones for what would evolve into the modern genre of sci-fi. Bennett's adaptability across ... Read more

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In 'Claimed,' an anthology that assembles the visionary works of Gertrude Barrows Bennett, writing under the pseudonym Francis Stevens, readers are treated to a mesmerizing range of early speculative and science fiction. The collection traverses a labyrinth of imaginative realities, setting foundational stones for what would evolve into the modern genre of sci-fi. Bennett's adaptability across
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Friend Island

by Francis Stevens, Gertrude Barrows Bennett ...

Series Book 3 - Classic Science Fiction Library
In this short story published in All-Story Weekly in 1918, Gertrude Barrows Bennett depicts an imaginary future where women have become the “world’s ruling sex”. ... Read more

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In this short story published in All-Story Weekly in 1918, Gertrude Barrows Bennett depicts an imaginary future where women have become the “world’s ruling sex”.
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The Forgotten Authors - Volume 10: Gertrude Barrows Bennett to Francis Brett Young

by Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Nikolai Teleshov, Francis Brett Young ...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

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Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
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Nightmare!

by Gertrude Barrows Bennett ...

After the 'Lusitania' ship is torpedoed, a man from New York wakes up to find himself in the ocean off an uncharted island. On the magical South Pacific Island, he encounters a brutal wilderness, where plants can eat men and spiders are as big as dining room tables.Before he knows it, he is caught in a dangerous rivalry between two Russian brothers who will do anything to find the philosopher's ... Read more

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After the 'Lusitania' ship is torpedoed, a man from New York wakes up to find himself in the ocean off an uncharted island. On the magical South Pacific Island, he encounters a brutal wilderness, where plants can eat men and spiders are as big as dining room tables.Before he knows it, he is caught in a dangerous rivalry between two Russian brothers who will do anything to find the philosopher's
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Friend Island

by Gertrude Barrows Bennett ...

Imagine a world where women are the dominant sex. Now picture an old sailor woman. Are you ready? This is the story of the time she became a castaway on a very, very unusual island…An island which feels your every move. One that breathes in line with your breath. It can sense your every feeling. But the island does this for your own good.To understand. To empathise. To unite.She's called Anita. ... Read more

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Imagine a world where women are the dominant sex. Now picture an old sailor woman. Are you ready? This is the story of the time she became a castaway on a very, very unusual island…An island which feels your every move. One that breathes in line with your breath. It can sense your every feeling. But the island does this for your own good.To understand. To empathise. To unite.She's called Anita.
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The Heads of Cerberus

Enriched edition. The First Sci-Fi to use the Idea of Parallel Worlds and Alternate Time

by Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Francis Stevens, Jayden Walsh ...

'The Heads of Cerberus' curated by Gertrude Barrows Bennett, also known by her pseudonym Francis Stevens, emerges as a landmark collection, melding early 20th-century speculative fiction with rich, philosophical undertones. The anthology seamlessly encompasses a variety of styles, ranging from gothic suspense to pioneering science fiction, reflecting the turbulence and innovation of the early ... Read more

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'The Heads of Cerberus' curated by Gertrude Barrows Bennett, also known by her pseudonym Francis Stevens, emerges as a landmark collection, melding early 20th-century speculative fiction with rich, philosophical undertones. The anthology seamlessly encompasses a variety of styles, ranging from gothic suspense to pioneering science fiction, reflecting the turbulence and innovation of the early
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