Armageddon 2419 A.D. (Buck Rogers)
The original "Buck Rogers" novel, as first publishing in "Amazing Stories" magazine.
Paperback, 196 pages
Published
April 30th 2008
by Wildside Press
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The story of Anthony Rogers begins here!
Before he became the more-trademarkable "Buck" Rogers, the man from the present (1927) catapulted 500 years into the future was the hero of the classic pulp novellas "Amageddon 2419 A.D." and "The Airlords of Han." If you've read classic pulp, you probably know what you're getting into. If you haven't, well, let's take a moment to address it.
This was not written to be fine literature or to examine deep ...more
Before he became the more-trademarkable "Buck" Rogers, the man from the present (1927) catapulted 500 years into the future was the hero of the classic pulp novellas "Amageddon 2419 A.D." and "The Airlords of Han." If you've read classic pulp, you probably know what you're getting into. If you haven't, well, let's take a moment to address it.
This was not written to be fine literature or to examine deep ...more
I read this for no particular reason. I believe it's essentially a 1962 re-editing of the original pulp stories from 1928 (the quotes below seem to be from the originals, but they're almost identical to the edition I read).
It was really awful. The forgivably awful things were that it was
fairly dull; that a man who'd been asleep for 500 years could awake to
find himself a tactical military genius; and that the science was just
nonexistent. But those really just arise from...more
It was really awful. The forgivably awful things were that it was
fairly dull; that a man who'd been asleep for 500 years could awake to
find himself a tactical military genius; and that the science was just
nonexistent. But those really just arise from...more
Who'd have thought that Wilma Deering predated Buck Rogers, but here she is, as frosty as she ever was in the TV series and palling around with Buck's prototype, Anthony Rogers. It's like finding out that Watson had adventures with Sheriff Holmes before teaming up with Sherlock!
Readers may also be surprised by other differences from the Gil Gerard-powered thrill-machine they know and love. Principally, this Rogers is fighting the Chinese, who live in floating cities above the US, lea...more
Readers may also be surprised by other differences from the Gil Gerard-powered thrill-machine they know and love. Principally, this Rogers is fighting the Chinese, who live in floating cities above the US, lea...more
This is actually the two original novellas, Armageddon 2419 A.D. and Airlords of the Han mashed together with a little accommodation for the modern reader (who apparently can't be relied on to know what "The Great War" meant to someone from 1927).
Turner Classic Movies started showing episodes from the 1939 "Buck Rogers" serial (starring Buster Crabbe) a few weeks ago and I got so enthusiastic about watching that confection that I dug out the root of the material. ...more
Turner Classic Movies started showing episodes from the 1939 "Buck Rogers" serial (starring Buster Crabbe) a few weeks ago and I got so enthusiastic about watching that confection that I dug out the root of the material. ...more
The original stories that lead to all things Buck Rogers. Published in 1928 & 1929, they lead to Nowlan being hired to turn it into a newspaper strip. Named Anthony Rogers in the prose stories, it was changed to Buck(shorter and more commercial).
I've had this book for awhile and i still enjoy reading it to this day. it was treat to read the original story even if the modernaztions of the story tend to suck ass.
One of the greatest works of pulp Si-Fi ever printed. A must read to all Genre fans.
The origin of Buck Rogers... back before he was Buck. If you're inclined to grin at the cheesy bits and move on, this is a decent read. It has the same sort of nostalgia value that can be found in the old Flash Gordon serials. It is, however, very clearly coming from the early school of science fiction. You've been warned. Also, there's an arguably racist tone to the story, which occasionally rattles on about American superiority over the Chinese... I can set that aside in light of the period in...more
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One of my favorite books. What Buck Rogers was based on.
With my interest in classic adventure characters, it is a little weird that I never bothered with this book sooner. Honestly, I'm ashamed of the reason . . . television. Before learning of this novel, my only real knowledge of Buck Rogers came from an old TV version that was so campy, I couldn't even get into it as a novelty. Of course, even then I knew that the character had already been a fixture in comic strips, which I never had the opportunity to read. Later, I learned that the characte...more
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