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James Anderson Peddie
A little-known Scottish writer who moved easily between nonfiction, popular entertainment, and early speculative fiction. He is best remembered today for a tale of London threatened through a Channel Tunnel—an idea that gave his work an unexpectedly modern edge.
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Dangerous Dilemmas: Startling but True
by James Anderson Peddie
About the author
James Anderson Peddie was a Scottish writer, though many details of his life remain unclear. Reliable sources agree that he wrote largely nonfiction, and that he also produced fiction under his own name.
His best-known work is Capture of London (1887), an invasion story imagining London attacked through a Channel Tunnel. That premise has helped keep his name alive among readers interested in early science fiction and late-Victorian popular writing.
Peddie is also represented in Project Gutenberg, where modern readers can still find some of his work, including Dangerous Dilemmas: Startling but True. Because surviving biographical information appears to be sparse, his career is usually approached through his books rather than through a detailed personal history.