The Scarlet Plague

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Jack London (January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916), was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a huge financial success from writing.The Scarlet Plague was written by Jack London and originally published in London Magazine in 1912. It was re-released in February of 2007 by Echo Library. The story takes place in 2072, sixty years after the scarlet plague has depopulated the ...
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Jack London (January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916), was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a huge financial success from writing.The Scarlet Plague was written by Jack London and originally published in London Magazine in 1912. It was re-released in February of 2007 by Echo Library. The story takes place in 2072, sixty years after the scarlet plague has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few people left alive in the San Francisco area, and as he realizes his time grows short, he tries to impart the value of knowledge and wisdom to his grandsons.American society at the time of the plague has become severely stratified and there is a large hereditary underclass of servants and "nurses"; and the politcal system has been replaced by a formalized oligarchy. Commercial airship lines exist, as do some airships privately owned by the very rich.
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London's style is typically lush but his viewpoint is skeptical and dystopian . . . [the] story reminds us of the dangers we still court with our careless ways.

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"London's style is typically lush but his viewpoint is skeptical and dystopian . . . [the] story reminds us of the dangers we still court with our careless ways."  —The Times

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781612034799
  • Publisher: Bottom of the Hill Publishing
  • Publication date: 3/1/2012
  • Pages: 66
  • Sales rank: 793,150
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.14 (d)

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Jack London, world-famous adventurer and author of The Call of the Wild, wrote several key works of Radium-Age science fiction (1904-33), including The Iron Heel (1908) and The Star Rover (1914). The Scarlet Plague (1912) is set in London's hometown of San Francisco, California.

Matthew Battles is the author of Library: An Unquiet History, The Urge of the Letter (forthcoming), and a science fiction story collection, The Sovereignties of Invention. He is the co-founder and literary editor of HiLobrow.com.

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  • Posted August 4, 2012

    I guess some people didn't get it, they couldve read the introduction...

    While this isn't my favorite novella, it's an important milestone in the development of the genre. My advice to reviewers: finish a text before you bash it. My advice to readers: consider exactly what it is youre reading before you cast unrealistic expectations; not everyone from every era's going to write like Stephenie Meyer, Stephen King, or James Patterson. And read introductions, theyre there for a reason.

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    Posted February 24, 2012

    Negative

    This was a sad attempt at a story. Poor character development and what appeared to be a weakly thought out plot.

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