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An important early classic of fantasy/sci-fi. [Main story:] The ill effects of a soul-destroying play, to read which brings doom. A discovery that changes living flesh to stone. The mad adherents of a cult of evil powers from beyond. A lost traveler is suddenly 400 years in the past. Great writing; powerful emotions. Chambers wrote mainly conventional stuff, but not here.
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Grave, bleak, open-ended and earnest.
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- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
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- Author
- Robert W. Chambers
- First published
- 1895
- Pages
- 228
- Publisher
- IndyPublish.com, HarperCollins Publishers, Independently Published
- Editions
- 479
- Language
- German, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9798711387749
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“TOWARD the end of the year 1920 the Government of the United States had practically completed the programme, adopted during the last months of President Winthrop's administration.”
An American artist and author who wrote a great variety of novels. Not to be confused with [Raymond Wilson Chambers](http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL3653502A) (1874-1942).
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