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The Lost World MEGAPACK ®: 22 Modern and Classic Tales

This book is a compilation of 22 short stories that delve into the concept of lost worlds, encompassing a mix of modern and classic narratives from a range of authors. The stories within this collection vary in style and genre, all centered around the intriguing theme of discovering and exploring worlds that have been lost to time. more

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H. Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard

H. Rider Haggard was a British writer known for his adventure novels. His work 'She' is considered a pioneer of early science fiction, having a profound impact on literature and cinema. more

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“How does newness come into the world? How is it born? Of what fusions, translations, conjoinings is it made? How does it survive, extreme and dangerous as it is? What compromises, what deals, what betrayals of its secret nature must it make to stave off the wrecking crew, the exterminating angel, the guillotine? Is birth always a fall? Do angels have wings? Can men fly?”

“God, Satan, Paradise, and Hell all vanished one day in my fifteenth year, when I quite abruptly lost my faith. ... and afterwards, to prove my new-found atheism, I bought myself a rather tasteless ham sandwich, and so partook for the first time of the forbidden flesh of the swine. No thunderbolt arrived to strike me down. ... From that day to this I have thought of myself as a wholly secular person.”