![]() ![]() ![]() His bawdy, Hogarthian street scenes embellish the main attraction, whilst his panoramas contrast urban squalor with industrial science fiction. The backgrounds by O'Neill are as entertaining as the action itself, his composite colonies reflecting not only the overseas obsessions of both Victorian authors and readers, but also their relatively recent predilection for science fiction whence the magnificent Albion Reach, flying airships and Nemo's Nautilus. Hyde, and Hawley Griffin (the Invisible Man) are thrust into a state of national emergency under the command of the mysterious 'M' whom the League presumes stands for Mycroft Holmes. Captain Nemo, Mina Murray, Alan Quartermain, Mr. The whole thing has its tongue so firmly planted in its metaphorical cheek that you can almost hear Uncle Alan chortling. Start your collection now!Ī roguish tale of derring-do using a collage of characters and geographical fancies torn from the pages of Victorian fiction to form an uproarious satire on both the prose itself and the imperialist, patriarchal society that spawned it. ![]() First two collections in a single collection. ![]()
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