Infernal Machines

Author : Charles E. Gannon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0742540359

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Rumors of War and Infernal Machines by Charles E. Gannon Pdf

This provocative and unique work reveals the remarkably influential role of futuristic literature on contemporary political power in America. Tracing this phenomenon from its roots in Victorian Britain, Rumors of War and Infernal Machines offers a fascinating exploration of how fictional speculations on emergent or imaginary military technologies profoundly influence the political agendas and actions of modern superpower states. Gannon convincingly demonstrates that military fiction anticipated and even influenced the evolution of the tank, the development of the airplane, and also the bitter political battles within Britain's War Office and the Admiralty. In the United States, future-fictions and Cold-War thrillers were an officially acknowledged factor in the Pentagon's research and development agendas, and often gave rise_and shape_to the nation's strategic development of technologies as diverse as automation, atomic weaponry, aerospace vehicles, and the Strategic Defense Initiative ('Star Wars'). His book reveals a striking relationship between the increasing political influence of speculative military fiction and the parallel rise of superpower states and their technocentric ideologies. With its detailed political, historical, and literary analysis of U.S. and British fascination with hi-tech warfare, this lively and revealing study will appeal to students, literary and cultural scholars, military and history enthusiasts, and general readers.

Author : John Hornor Jacobs
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575124301

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Infernal Machines by John Hornor Jacobs Pdf

The world is burning. Rume is under attck. The Autumn Lords, rulers of the Tchinee empire, have had their true nature revealed. The Emperor descends into madness. And Fisk and Shoe - unlikely heroes, very likely mercenaries - must find their way to Fisk's wife and child, who he has never seen. There might be quite a lot in their way. A war, for one thing. But Livia is as determined as Fisk to be reunited. And Shoe may have a plan...

Author : Steven Johnson
Publisher : Crown
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780593443958

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The Infernal Machine by Steven Johnson Pdf

“A fast-burning fuse of a book, every page bursting with revelatory detail.”—ERIK LARSON A sweeping account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat—a tale of fanaticism, forensic science, and dynamite from the bestselling author of The Ghost Map Steven Johnson’s engrossing account of the epic struggle between the anarchist movement and the emerging surveillance state stretches around the world and between two centuries—from Alfred Nobel’s invention of dynamite and the assassination of Czar Alexander II to New York City in the shadow of World War I. April 1914. The NYPD is still largely the corrupt, low-tech organization of the Tammany Hall era. To the extent the police are stopping crime—as opposed to committing it—their role has been almost entirely defined by physical force: the brawn of the cop on the beat keeping criminals at bay with nightsticks and fists. The solving of crimes is largely outside their purview. The new commissioner, Arthur Woods, is determined to change that, but he cannot anticipate the maelstrom of violence that will soon test his science-based approach to policing. Within weeks of his tenure, New York City is engulfed in the most concentrated terrorism campaign in the nation’s history: a five-year period of relentless bombings, many of them perpetrated by the anarchist movement led by legendary radicals Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. Coming to Woods’s aide are Inspector Joseph Faurot, a science-first detective who works closely with him in reforming the police force, and Amadeo Polignani, the young Italian undercover detective who infiltrates the notorious Bresci Circle. Johnson reveals a mostly forgotten period of political conviction, scientific discovery, assassination plots, bombings, undercover operations, and innovative sleuthing. The Infernal Machine is the complex pre-history of our current moment, when decentralized anarchist networks have once again taken to the streets to protest law enforcement abuses, right-wing militia groups have attacked government buildings, and surveillance is almost ubiquitous.

Author : Milton F. Perry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Submarine mines
ISBN : OCLC:1256266326

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Infernal Machines by Milton F. Perry Pdf

Author : Angela Carter
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141192390

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The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman by Angela Carter Pdf

Angela Carter's 'The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman' was first published in 1972, and is a magical, satirical adventure.

Author : Philip Reeve
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780545394451

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Infernal Devices (Mortal Engines, Book 3) by Philip Reeve Pdf

Mortal Engines is now a major motion picture produced by Peter Jackson! * "Reeve's [Mortal Engines] remains a landmark of visionary imagination." -- School Library Journal, starred review"A breathtaking work of imagination, Hester Shaw is a heroine for the ages. The moment we finished reading [Mortal Engines] we knew we wanted to make it into a movie." -- Producer Peter JacksonPhilip Reeve's epic city-eat-city adventure series continues with Mortal Engines Book 3: Infernal Devices.The mighty engines of Anchorage have been rusted and dead for years. The derelict city no longer roams the Ice Wastes, but has settled on the edge of the land that was once America. Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw are happy in the safety of a static settlement, but their daughter, Wren, is desperate for adventure. When a dangerously charming submarine pirate offers her a chance to escape, Wren doesn't think twice about leaving her home and her parents behind. But the pirate wants something in return -- Wren must steal the mysterious Tin Book. To do so will ignite a conflict that could tear the whole world apart.Mortal Engines is now a major motion picture produced by Peter Jackson!

Author : Charles E. Gannon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780742568716

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Rumors of War and Infernal Machines by Charles E. Gannon Pdf

This provocative and unique work reveals the remarkably influential role of futuristic literature on contemporary political power in America. Tracing this phenomenon from its roots in Victorian Britain, Rumors of War and Infernal Machines offers a fascinating exploration of how fictional speculations on emergent or imaginary military technologies profoundly influence the political agendas and actions of modern superpower states. Gannon convincingly demonstrates that military fiction anticipated and even influenced the evolution of the tank, the development of the airplane, and also the bitter political battles within Britain's War Office and the Admiralty. In the United States, future-fictions and Cold-War thrillers were an officially acknowledged factor in the Pentagon's research and development agendas, and often gave rise_and shape_to the nation's strategic development of technologies as diverse as automation, atomic weaponry, aerospace vehicles, and the Strategic Defense Initiative ('Star Wars'). His book reveals a striking relationship between the increasing political influence of speculative military fiction and the parallel rise of superpower states and their technocentric ideologies. With its detailed political, historical, and literary analysis of U.S. and British fascination with hi-tech warfare, this lively and revealing study will appeal to students, literary and cultural scholars, military and history enthusiasts, and general readers.

Author : Jean Cocteau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:557945965

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La Machine Infernale. Pièce en 4 Actes by Jean Cocteau Pdf

Author : K. W. Jeter
Publisher : Duncan Baird Publishers
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780857666864

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Infernal Devices by K. W. Jeter Pdf

When George Dower's father died, he left George his watchmaker's shop - and more. But George has little talent for watches and other infernal devices. When someone tries to steal an old device from the premises, George finds himself embroiled in a mystery of time travel, music and sexual intrigue.

Author : James Revill
Publisher : Springer
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319338347

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Improvised Explosive Devices by James Revill Pdf

This book begins with an account of the evolution of improvised explosive devices using a number of micro case studies to explore how and why actors have initiated IED campaigns; how new and old technologies and expertise have been exploited and how ethical barriers to IED development and deployment have been dealt with. It proceeds to bring the evidence from the case studies together to identify themes and trends in IED development, before looking at what can realistically be done to mitigate the threat of IEDs in the new wars of the twenty first century. The book suggests that the advance and availability of a combination of technological factors, in conjunction with changes in the nature of contemporary conflicts, have led to the emergence of IEDs as the paradigmatic weapons of new wars. However their prevalence in contemporary and future conflicts is not inevitable, but rather depends on the willingness of multiple sets of actors at different levels to build a web of preventative measures to mitigate – if not eradicate – IED development and deployment.

Author : Cassandra Clare
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416975915

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Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare Pdf

When seventeen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray is kidnapped by the villainous Mortmain in his final bid for power, the London Institute rallies to save her, but is beset by danger and betrayal at every turn.

Author : Tamara Moser Melia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UIUC:30112104099277

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Damn the Torpedoes by Tamara Moser Melia Pdf

Author : Philip Reeve
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780545394444

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Predator's Gold (Mortal Engines, Book 2) by Philip Reeve Pdf

Mortal Engines is now a major motion picture produced by Peter Jackson! * "Reeve's [Mortal Engines] remains a landmark of visionary imagination." -- School Library Journal, starred review"A breathtaking work of imagination, Hester Shaw is a heroine for the ages. The moment we finished reading [Mortal Engines] we knew we wanted to make it into a movie." -- Producer Peter JacksonPhilip Reeve's epic city-eat-city adventure series continues with Mortal Engines Book 2: Predator's Gold.With the great Traction City of London completely destroyed, Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw travel across the world, trading with other airships and adventuring on the exciting and exotic routes of the Bird Roads. When their little scrapyard aircraft is pursued by rocket-firing gunships, the ice city of Anchorage offers them sanctuary. But as Tom and Hester soon discover, it is no safe refuge. Devastated by plague in recent years and haunted by ghosts and madness, Anchorage is headed for the Dead Continent of North America. It's a perilous course, one that will take them directly into a firestorm of danger and conflict.Mortal Engines is now a major motion picture produced by Peter Jackson!

Author : Kai Mikkonen
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9042015969

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The Plot Machine by Kai Mikkonen Pdf

This book presents a new and exciting theory of the modern French novel by developing the notion of the narrative as a "textual machine". Many turn-of-the-century French novels thematically identified their means of narration through the various machines that they depicted. The narrative devices that were particularly important in this self-reflection included: the temporal order of the plot, the question of a narrative's beginning and end, the hierarchy of narrative voices, and the techniques of the point of view. The question of mechanization became central on all these fronts. Has the novel become automated or machine-like? At the same time, the machine metaphors in the novels of Alfred Jarry, Emile Zola, Jules Verne, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Raymond Roussel combined the question of the narrative form with new ways to think about man's relationship with technology and the cultural environment. The early modernist texts drew upon contradictory notions of technological promise and threat while they also depicted new forms of identity and behavior, related to or modeled after machines. These texts highlighted cultural assumptions concerning technological innovations and critiqued, mainly through parody and through various figures of man-machine fusion, the positivistic belief in progress. Such writers looked for evidence of advanced forms of consciousness arising out of encounters with new technology such as: telephones, trains, bicycles, telegraphy, phonographs and electricity. This volume will be of interest to anyone working in the field of modern French literary and cultural history. It will especially appeal to anyone intrigued with the origins of the modernist novel, the history of narrative forms, and the question of how the experience of new technology may be portrayed in literary texts.

Author : Great Britain. Home Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:C2622142

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Explosives Act, 1875. Annual Report of His Majesty's Inspectors of Explosives by Great Britain. Home Office Pdf