The Man Who Saved The Earth (Annotated). E-book. Formato EPUB - 9791221348590

The Man Who Saved The Earth (Annotated). E-book. Formato EPUB. <ul> <li>This edition includes the following editor&#39;s introduction:<i> </i><i>Beginnings and evolution of the literary genre of science fiction up to the present day</i></li></ul><br />&quot;The Man Who Saved The Earth,&quot; by American author Austin Hall, was one of the 6 fantastic stories that appeared in the first issue of the first magazine dedicated to science fiction: <i>Amazing Stories</i>.<br /><br />&quot;The Man Who Saved The Earth&quot; opens on an oppressively hot day with a poor little newspaper boy, Charley, playing with a &quot;burning glass&quot; (a magnifying glass) which he uses to concentrate sunlight onto a small focal spot, thus intensifying the heat on some paper until it burns a hole, perhaps a portent of things to come. He is noticed by a recluse scientist, Dr. Robold, who takes interest in Charley&#39;s scientific curiosity and calls him a young Archimedes, referring to the ancient Greek who, as legend tells, used a &quot;burning glass&quot; from shore to set enemy ships ablaze as they were approaching. Charley has no parents to care for him. Dr. Robold takes Charley away from his pitiful life, to a mountain retreat in Colorado. Years later, bizarre, terrifying events begin to occur...