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Beyond Thirty
by
Edgar Rice Burroughs,
David Brin (Goodreads Author) , Phillip R. Burger
By the year 2137 Europe has become a largely forgotten, savage wilderness. Fierce bands of hunters rove the crumbling ruins of once mighty, war-ravaged cities. On the other side of the Atlantic a prosperous Pan-American Federation has emerged, claiming all lands and seas between the 30th and 175th longitudes and forbidding contact with the rest of the world. All who cross ...more
Paperback, Bison Frontiers of Imagination Series, 124 pages
Published
March 1st 2001
by UNP - Bison Books
(first published 1916)
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By 1916, Edgar Rice Burroughs was already a popular and regular contributor to the pulp periodicals of the day. Though a late starter--his first work, the John Carter story "Under the Moons of Mars," was serialized in "All-Story Magazine" in 1912, when Burroughs was 36--his output increased rapidly, to the point that by 1916, he had already seen the first three Carter works, the first two Tarzan titles, the first Pellucidar entry ("At the Earth's Core"), plus such v...more
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Europeans would surely find the idea behind this story quaint. Writing in 1916, ERB saw a future in which isolationist America cuts itself off from warlike Europe and has no contact with the entire hemisphere for two centuries. Finally, an American military vessel is blown off course by a storm, and by a series of misadventures the captain and two of his men wash up on the coast of what used to be England. Civilization there and in all of Europe appears to have regressed a couple thousand years ...more
This book was written in 1916, when the "Great War" raged in Europe, and America wanted to stay out of it. The premise is that the Americas did stay out and finally isolated themselves from the old world setting boundaries which no ship would cross. The book takes place over 200 years later, when a Naval Air-Submarine Ship breaks down and is swept across the 30 degree boundary and the commanding officer rediscovers the old world. The book is dated not only in its premise, but its un...more
I devoured Burroughs books as a kid, and I read one or two books by him every year to remind myself what it was like to have a sense of wonder (and not "read like a writer," which is what I usually do these days.) ... THE LOST CONTINENT, I have to say, is a lousy book and remained obscure Burroughs for a reason. The characters are thinner than usual in an ERB book. The plot is preposterous. And the resolution is handled so fast it makes little to no sense ... Lousy stuff! I'll stick wi...more
An decent book, but not very deep. The beginning of the story is pretty strong, the middle is alright, but the ending just seems rushed. I would have liked another chapter to better explain Turck's journey home as well as some of the other things that were glazed over in the last 2 pages.
Interesting position on why it would be better for the US to stay out of European wars. I'm not certain if it was written before or after WWI. It is an odd read for a modern reader but worth doing.
The Lost Continent also called Beyond Thirty, introduces a world in 2137 with a Eurasia crippled by war and a civilised America. During this time no American has ever ventured east of the 30th parallel and its actually a law not to, however an American called Jefferson Turck happens upon England after a storm sends his ship off course..... he finds a desolate land.....
Interesting view of the future from perpective of someone live around early 1900's. Technology describe in the futuristic view of 2130's seemed like not much changed since 1900.
This was a decent graphic novelization, even if the source material could at times be annoyingly sexist. The illustrations were a bit too generic.
Definitely a product of the time in which it was written, but a fun romp through an alternate future.
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I one I read was titled Beyond 30; it was a fun and outlandish Sci-Fi yarn and an interesting representation of the 20th century American jingoism, on one side manifest destiny and other isolationism. It is a good thing we've changed?
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First half to two thirds is great, but then it ends rather abruptly with exposition. Its like he couldn't make up his mind where to go from there and just decided to end the story.
Ha, I found the right edition of this great book! It was published as "The Lost Continent" for many years, but this is original title...
Such an entertaining premise sadly let down by the Author not building upon the foundations he laid
Great stuff. The "lost continent" is Europe. This is a post apocalyptic novel really.
the future of isolation?
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