Dawn of Flame

Margaret of Urbs #1

by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Maureen O’Brien (Narrator)

After a worldwide plague breaks civilization, Joaquin Smith and his sister build an empire up the Mississippi Valley. Who would be brave or foolish enough to stand in their way? Who but a young backwoodsman named Hull Tarvish?

Length: Approx. 2 hours

Collected in The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930's , ed. Isaac Asimov, et al.

Genres: Science Fiction

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First published January 1, 1936

About the author

Full name: Stanley Grauman Weinbaum.

"In his short career, Stanley G. Weinbaum revolutionized science fiction. We are still exploring the themes he gave us." —Poul Anderson

"Stanley G. Weinbaum's name deserves to rank with those of Wells and Heinlein—and no more than a handful of others—as among the great shapers of modern science fiction." —Frederik Pohl

Reviews

[Isabel (kittiwake)]

In the sky before her were thin shadows leading phantom armies, Alexander the Great, Attila, Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, Napoleon, and clearer than all, the battle queen Semiramis. All the mighty conquerors of the past, and where were they, where were their empires, and where, even, were their bones?

[Kit · Rating 1 out of 5]

An uninspiring story full of very simple characters. I felt a great deal of potential in this story, but it just didn't live up.