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The Shadow A Story of a Future Day

Owen Oliver

Editora: Edizioni Aurora Boreale

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Sir Joshua Albert Flynn (1863-1933) was a British author and civil servant who served in South Africa with Lord Kitchener. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1910 and knighted in 1919. He was later director of army accounts and subsequently director-general of finance at the Ministry of Pensions. He wrote three novels, one non-fiction work, The Problems of the Civil Service, and over 250 science fiction, romance and adventure stories under the pen name of “Owen Oliver” that were published in the popular magazines of the early 20th century.
Flynn's science fiction tale The Shadow. A Story of a Future Day, which we offer to our readers today, was published in 1906 in the Metropolitan Magazine.
«There were three of us who knew the truth about the shadow that upon the earth. God will remember that we bore the horror of it and said no word».

Disponível desde: 22/01/2025.

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