England Invaded

England Invaded

"England Invaded", a collection of imaginative fiction, including invasion literature, from the Victorian and Edwardian periods edited by Michael Moorcock. Originally published in hardback by W.H. Allen in 1977 (ISBN 0-491-02191-7), it was re-issued as a paperback by Star in 1980 (ISBN 0-352-30694-7).

The collection is notable largely for the introduction by the noted Science fiction writer Michael Moorcock.

Contents

* "Introduction", Michael Moorcock
* "The Uses of Advertisement - an Aeroplane Adventure", Tristram Crutchley, (Pearson’s Magazine, July 1909)
* "When the New Zealander Comes", Blyde Muddersnook, (The Strand, September 1911)
* "The Monster of Lake LaMetrie", Wardon Allan Curtis, (Pearson’s Magazine, September 1899)
* "The Abduction of Alexandra Seine", Fred C. Smale, (The Harmsworth Magazine, November 1900)
* "Is the End of the World Near?", John Munro, (Cassell’s, Jan, 1899)
* "When William Came", Saki

ee also

*"Before Armageddon", a similar earlier collection edited by Moorcock


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