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y separately published work icon The Story of a Lost Planet, or, The Wonderful Submarine single work   novella   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 1911... 1911 The Story of a Lost Planet, or, The Wonderful Submarine
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An Australian man, tired of the constant warring on earth which is caused largely by capitalism, flees to Honolulu where he joins a secret commune and finds out about the 'wonderful submarine', created by a native of Antwerp who had been imprisioned for an industrial strike. He goes aboard the submarine with other likeminded souls on a journey to the Antarctic, and is pursued by forces of the bourgeosie. Eventually, one of his disillusioned travelling companions activates a doomsday device, 'The Frangator', which destroys the world. Our protagonist is propelled into space, where he lands on another planet which is populated by an intelligent alien race.

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Notes

  • Steampunk Note : This work operates as proto-steampunk due to the focus on the progress and (mis)use of technology, as well as the Nautilus-like submarine that features heavily in the story.

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Works about this Work

Invention and Discovery Graham Stone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 136-140)

— Review of The Land of the Unseen Ernest Favenc , 1902-1903 single work short story ; The Mystery of the Luminous Ray Arthur Russell , 1935 single work novel ; The Lady Calphurnia Royal 1909 single work novel ; The Half God Albert Dorrington , 1933 single work novel ; The Radium Terrors Albert Dorrington , 1911 single work novel ; Ubique, the Scientific Bushranger Clarence W. Martin , 1910 single work novel ; A Corner in Water 1909 single work novel ; The Goldseekers : A Tale of Adventure : A Gold-extracting Motor and the Sahara Desert Robert M. MacDonald , 1910 single work children's fiction ; The Secret of the Sargasso Robert M. MacDonald , 1909 single work children's fiction ; The Moon-Dial Albert Dorrington , 1928 single work novel ; Our Lady of the Leopards Albert Dorrington , 1911 single work novel ; The Ant Men Eric North , 1955 single work novel ; The Star Germs Bernard Cronin , 1928 single work novella ; The Green Flame Eric North , 1924 single work novella ; The Story of a Lost Planet, or, The Wonderful Submarine D. Healy , 1911 single work novella ; Marama : A Tale of the South Pacific Ralph Stock , 1913 single work novel ; The Recipe for Rubber : A Romance of the South Pacific Ralph Stock , 1911 single work novel ; The Winged Avenger : A Romance and Adventure S. Herbert Mapes , 1935 single work novel
Invention and Discovery Graham Stone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 136-140)

— Review of The Land of the Unseen Ernest Favenc , 1902-1903 single work short story ; The Mystery of the Luminous Ray Arthur Russell , 1935 single work novel ; The Lady Calphurnia Royal 1909 single work novel ; The Half God Albert Dorrington , 1933 single work novel ; The Radium Terrors Albert Dorrington , 1911 single work novel ; Ubique, the Scientific Bushranger Clarence W. Martin , 1910 single work novel ; A Corner in Water 1909 single work novel ; The Goldseekers : A Tale of Adventure : A Gold-extracting Motor and the Sahara Desert Robert M. MacDonald , 1910 single work children's fiction ; The Secret of the Sargasso Robert M. MacDonald , 1909 single work children's fiction ; The Moon-Dial Albert Dorrington , 1928 single work novel ; Our Lady of the Leopards Albert Dorrington , 1911 single work novel ; The Ant Men Eric North , 1955 single work novel ; The Star Germs Bernard Cronin , 1928 single work novella ; The Green Flame Eric North , 1924 single work novella ; The Story of a Lost Planet, or, The Wonderful Submarine D. Healy , 1911 single work novella ; Marama : A Tale of the South Pacific Ralph Stock , 1913 single work novel ; The Recipe for Rubber : A Romance of the South Pacific Ralph Stock , 1911 single work novel ; The Winged Avenger : A Romance and Adventure S. Herbert Mapes , 1935 single work novel
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