The World Below

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name = The World Below
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the Shasta reprint
author = S. Fowler Wright
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Collins
release_date = 1929
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 344 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 6574474
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"The World Below" is a science fiction novel by author S. Fowler Wright. It was first published in 1929 by Collins. The novel was originally intended as a trilogy, however, the third part was never written. The first part was originally published separately as "The Amphibians" by Merton Press in 1924. The second part was published separately by Galaxy Science Fiction Novels in 1951 and was also titled "The Worlds Below".

Plot introduction

The novel concerns a man who travel 500,000 into the future with the aid of a time machine. There he encounters a race of intelligent furry beings, the Amphibians. With their help he explores the planet and is eventually captured by the Dwellers, super-intelligent beings who direct the destinies of the planet.

Publication history

*1923, UK, Collins OCLC|6574474 Pub date 1923, Hardback
*1930, USA, Longmans Green OCLC|1935968 Pub date 1930, Hardback
*circa1949, UK, Books for Today OCLC|3426322 Pub date circa1948, Hardback
*1949, USA, Shasta Publishers OCLC|2196790, Pub date 1949, Hardback
*circa1950, France, Le Sillage, Pub date circa1950, Hardback, as "Cette sacree planète"

References

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*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=470 | date=1978|id=ISBN 0-911682-22-8