Bøger af Robert Cromie

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1903 Edition.

On vuosi 1898 ja Tyynellämerellä vettä halkoo valtamerialus SS Maori, joka kantaa kyydissään matkustajia ja heidän unelmiaan. Mutta sitten iskee myrsky, joka upottaa loistavan laivan. Katastrofista selviää vain kaksi matkustajaa – hienostoneiti Margery ja toisen luokan matkustaja George. Kun he ajautuvat autiolle saarelle ja yrittävät selvitä onnettomuudesta, on kaksikon kohdattava niin erimielisyytensä ja luokkaeronsa kuin välillään väreilevät tunteensa.Haaksirikko on vauhdikas seikkailuromaani uppoavalta laivalta pelastumisen jälkeisestä eloonjäämiskamppailusta.Robert Cromie (1856–1907) oli pohjoisirlantilainen toimittaja ja kirjailija, joka tunnetaan erityisesti scifi-romaaneistaan.

1903. Contents: A Modern Borgia; In the Captain's Room; The Antidote; The Missing Hamlet; Declined with Thanks; The Hermit of Letterfrack; Major Raymond's Mesalliance; The Smart Lane Case; Dr. Mowbray's Patient; The Death Adder; The Dance of Death; and Exeunt Omnes. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read.

Thus spake Herbert Brande, a passenger on the Majestic, making for Queenstown Harbour, one evening early in the past year. Foolish as the words may seem, they were partly influential in leading to my terrible association with him, and all that is described in this book. Brande was standing beside me on the starboard side of the vessel. We had been discussing a current astronomical essay, as we watched the hazy blue line of the Irish coast rise on the horizon. This conversation was interrupted by Brande, who said, impatiently: "Why tell us of stars distant so far from this insignificant little world of ours-so insignificant that even its own inhabitants speak disrespectfully of it-that it would take hundreds of years to telegraph to some of them, thousands to others, and millions to the rest? Why limit oneself to a mere million of years for a dramatic illustration, when there is a star in space distant so far from us that if a telegram left the earth for it this very night, and maintained for ever its initial velocity, it would never reach that star?" He said this without any apparent effort after rhetorical effect; but the suddenness with which he had presented a very obvious truism in a fresh light to me made the conception of the vastness of space absolutely oppressive.

Though first published in 1895, this eerily prescient science-fiction novella contains the first-ever description of what an atomic explosion might look like. ...

The Crack of Doom is a science fiction novel written by Robert Cromie. The story is set in the year 1907 and follows the adventures of two young men, Harry and Jack, who stumble upon a mysterious machine that has the power to control time. They soon discover that the machine was created by a brilliant scientist who has gone missing, and they embark on a dangerous journey to find him.As they travel through time and space, Harry and Jack encounter a variety of bizarre creatures and strange worlds. They also come face to face with the evil forces that seek to control the machine and use it for their own nefarious purposes.The Crack of Doom is a thrilling tale of adventure, science, and danger, filled with action-packed scenes and unexpected twists and turns. It is a classic science fiction novel that is sure to captivate readers of all ages.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.