Fifteen Hundred Miles an Hour

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Fifteen Hundred Miles an Hour

by Charles Dixon

EN·~7 hours·23 chapters

Chapters

23 total
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FIFTEEN - HUNDRED - MILES - AN HOUR - Edited by - CHARLES DIXON. - Illustrated by Captain ARTHUR LAYARD, late R.E. - LONDON - BLISS, SANDS AND FOSTER - CRAVEN STREET, STRAND, W.C. - 1895

0:28
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INTRODUCTION

13:17
3

CHAPTER I. - WE PREPARE FOR OUR JOURNEY.

11:43
4

CHAPTER II. - WE LEAVE EARTH IN THE "SIRIUS."

16:20
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CHAPTER III. - OUR VOYAGE BEYOND THE CLOUDS.

19:05
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CHAPTER IV. - AWFUL MOMENTS.

12:42
7

CHAPTER V. - THE GLORIES OF THE HEAVENS.

8:32
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CHAPTER VI. - WE NEAR MARS.

5:33
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CHAPTER VII. - OUR ARRIVAL AND SAFE DESCENT.

13:45
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CHAPTER VIII. - A STRANGE WORLD.

21:52

Description

A daring scientific expedition into the harsh heart of the Sahara turns into an encounter with the extraordinary when a sudden sandstorm reveals a blinding flash from the heavens. Amid the chaos, a massive, humming meteorite crashes near the explorers’ camp, its strange, cracked surface still steaming on the desert floor. The narrator, driven by curiosity and a sense of responsibility, convinces his Arab companions to keep the discovery secret while he prepares to investigate the alien stone.

Equipped with tools, gunpowder, and a resolve to unlock the mystery, he returns to the meteorite at first light. The narrative captures the tension of working against a hostile environment and the awe of confronting a relic that seems to defy ordinary physics. Listeners will be drawn into the early stages of a quest that blends scientific wonder, cultural encounters, and the promise of secrets waiting to be uncovered beneath the scorching sands.

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Language

en

Duration

~7 hours (449K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Dagny and Marc D'Hooghe

Release date

2015-08-16

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Charles Dixon

Charles Dixon

1858–1926

A prolific English ornithologist, he wrote lively books that brought birdlife, migration, and field observation to a wide readership. His work helped popularize a more careful, outdoors-focused way of studying birds in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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