Scientists Revolt
(2014)
Fiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Wildside Press LLC, 2014
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781479409327 (electronic bk.) MWT12672029, 1479409324 (electronic bk.) 12672029
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"The Scientists Revolt" qualifies as a publishing curiosity. A collaboration between author Edgar Rice Burroughs (famous for Tarzan and the Martian novels, among others) and Ray Palmer (editor of numerous pulp magazines), it is a slam-bang pulp action story set in the 23rd Century, where the struggle of the intelligentsia against the proletariat has played out to rather silly results. Complete with 1920s-style archetypes (including hardboiled Irish cops), sci-fi trappings like matter transmitters, and the obligatory romance between classes, it's a truly unique product of the pulps
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