The Man Who Rocked the Earth

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The Man Who Rocked the Earth

by Arthur Cheney Train, Robert Williams Wood

EN·~4 hours·18 chapters

Chapters

18 total

The MAN WHO ROCKED THE EARTH - By ARTHUR TRAIN AND ROBERT WILLIAMS WOOD - Reprint Edition 1974 by Arno Press Inc. A New York Times Company New York—1975 - SCIENCE FICTION ADVISORY EDITORS R. Reginald Douglas Menville - Copyright © 1915 by Doubleday, Page & Company All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian - Reprinted by permission of Mrs. Robert W. Wood - Reprinted from a copy in The Library of the University of California, Riverside

0:52

THE MAN WHO ROCKED THE EARTH

0:28

INSTANTLY THE EARTH BLEW UP LIKE A CANNON—UP INTO THE AIR, A THOUSAND MILES UP

0:05

PROLOGUE

5:32

I

5:24

II

5:51

CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE FALLS - Earthquake Destroys Famous Monument - Shocks Felt Here and All Over U. S.

1:39

III

9:00

IV

8:17

V

20:26

Description

A shattered Europe lies under an endless barrage of new, terrifying weapons. By 1916 the war has consumed every nation except the neutral Americas, and the battlefield is littered with inventions that annihilate airships, blind submarines, and litter the ground with explosive nitrogen‑iodide pellets that turn fields into death‑traps. The relentless carnage has left societies broken, economies bankrupt, and hope hanging by a thread.

Amid this grim tableau a brilliant, yet controversial, scientist unveils a device capable of shaking the planet itself—an invention that could finally tip the balance of power. As military leaders scramble to harness its destructive potential, they must confront the terrifying question of how far humanity will go to end a war that has already devoured millions. Listeners will be drawn into a tense struggle between ingenuity and conscience, wondering whether one ultimate strike can bring peace or plunge the world into even greater chaos.

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (249K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2006-09-04

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

Arthur Cheney Train

Arthur Cheney Train

1875–1945

A Boston-born lawyer turned storyteller, he drew on real courtroom experience to write brisk, entertaining tales of crime and justice. He is best remembered for creating the shrewd and humane attorney Mr. Ephraim Tutt.

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Robert Williams Wood

Robert Williams Wood

1868–1955

A playful experimental physicist, he helped open up the hidden worlds of ultraviolet and infrared light. His work in optics, spectroscopy, and photography made him one of the most colorful scientific figures of his time.

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