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Author
Index
O |
Joseph
O'Neill |
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Title
Index
L |
Land
Under England |
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| Year |
1935 |
| Publisher |
New
English Library |
| ISBN |
450033902 |
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Synopsis
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Deep
beneath the
surface of the
Earth there lies a
vast subterranean
underworld - a
world of
semi-darkness
inhabited by
grotesque
carnivorous beasts
- a world of
craggy mountains
and bottomless
valleys,
torrential rivers
and luminous
forests. And
somewhere down
there a human
settlement has
survived for 2000
years.
Up until the
nineteenth century
it used to be a
custom with the
Julian family to
send a member of
every generation
into the
underworld.
Only three of them
ever returned to
tell the
tale. So
when his slightly
demented father
resumes the custom
Anthony Julian is
naturally
concerned.
Determined to get
him back, he sets
out in pursuit ... |
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Review
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'The
narrative of his
wanderings among
the mountains and
jungles of the
underground world
before he reaches
human society is
an extraordinary
feat of sustained
and nightmare
imagination.'
Edwin Muir, The
Listener
'If Land Under
England isn't a
work of genius, I
cannot imagine hoe
'genius' could
have done it
better ... It is a
masterly piece of
imaginative
painting. In
it there is both
terror and horror,
and yet, beneath
it all, human pity
and human
understanding.
An unforgettable
story.'
Richard King,
The Tatler |
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Credit:
NASA
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Project
RED SOCKS
Project
RED SOCKS
was to be
"the
world's
first
useful
moon
rocket,"
proposed
by the Jet
Propulsion
Laboratory/California
Institute
of
Technology
in October
1957.
These
artist's
renditions
show the
configuration
of motors
and a
diagram of
the moon
orbit.
RED SOCKS
was
envisioned
as a
response
to the
Sputnik
launch
challenge
with a
significant
technological
advance
over the
then-Soviet
Union
instead of
merely
matching
them with
another
earth-orbiting
satellite.
The
objectives
of the
project
were to
"1)
get
photos, 2)
refine
space
guidance
techniques,
and 3)
impress
the
world"
with a
series of
nine
rocket
flights to
the moon.
The second
of the
nine
flights
was to
take
pictures
of the
back of
the moon.
The
necessary
technology
had
already
been
developed
for
earlier
projects,
such as
the
Re-entry
Test
Vehicle
and the
Microlock
radio
ground
tracking
system.
The
project
received
little
support.
Instead,
JPL and
the Army
Ballistic
Missile
Agency (ABMA)
were
instead
asked to
orbit an
Earth
satellite,
culminating
in the
launch of
Explorer 1
on Jan.
29, 1958.
A modified
RED SOCKS
plan was
carried
out in the
Pioneer 4
project in
March
1959.
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