In one of his best-known books, From the Earth to the Moon, Jules Verne described how a group of men in The Gun Club of Baltimore used a giant cannon to send a spacecraft to the moon. Now, in this sequel, the gun is brought into use again to achieve...
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In one of his best-known books, From the Earth to the Moon, Jules Verne described how a group of men in The Gun Club of Baltimore used a giant cannon to send a spacecraft to the moon. Now, in this sequel, the gun is brought into use again to achieve an equally ambitious aim ? to tilt the earth's axis so that the North Pole is displaced to the Tropics. The plotters believe there are limitless resources of coal at the North Pole and their cunning plan will allow them to exploit these resources to become rich. In spite of its disregard for anything approaching scientific plausibility, this
Cover; Title Page; Contents; FOREWORD; The Earth Turned Upside Down; I: IN WHICH THE 'NORTH POLAR EXPLOITATION SOCIETY' SENDS OUT A COMMUNIQUE TO BOTH EAST AND WEST; II: IN WHICH THE READER MEETS THE ENGLISH, DUTCH, SWEDISH, DANISH AND RUSSIAN DELEGATES; III: IN WHICH THE ARCTIC IS PUT UP FOR AUCTION; IV: IN WHICH OLD ACQUAINTANCES RESURFACE; V: BUT FIRST, IS THERE REALLY COAL AT THE NORTH POLE?; VI: IN WHICH A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN MRS SCORBITT AND J-T MASTON IS INTERRUPTED; VII: IN WHICH PRESIDENT BARBICANE SAYS NO MORE THAN IT SUITS HIM TO SAY
VIII: THE PRESIDENT OF THE GUN CLUB SAID 'JUST LIKE JUPITER'?IX: IN WHICH WE SENSE THE APPROACH OF A DEUS EX MACHINA MADE IN FRANCE; X: IN WHICH A FEW ANXIETIES BEGIN TO SURFACE; XI: WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NO LONGER IN J-T MASTON'S NOTEBOOK; XII: IN WHICH J-T MASTON PERSISTS IN HIS HEROIC SILENCE; XIII: AT THE END OF WHICH J-T MASTON MAKES A TRULY EPIC REPLY; XIV: VERY BRIEF, BUT IN WHICH PLACE 'X' GAINS A GEOGRAPHICAL VALUE; XV: WHICH CONTAINS SOME GENUINELY INTERESTING DETAILS FOR THE EARTH'S INHABITANTS; XVI: IN WHICH THE CHORUS OF UNHAPPY PEOPLE BOTH CRESCENDOES AND RINFORZANDOES
XVII: WHAT HAPPENED AT KILIMANJARO OVER EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS MEMORABLE YEARXVIII: IN WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THE WAMASAI AWAIT PRESIDENT BARBICANE'S COMMAND FOR CAPTAIN NICHOLL TO 'FIRE!'; XIX: IN WHICH J-T MASTON LOOKS BACK RATHER FONDLY ON THE TIME WHEN THE MOB WAS OUT TO LYNCH HIM; XX: WHICH CONCLUDES THIS CURIOUS TALE, AS TRUE AS IT IS UNLIKELY; XXI: VERY SHORT BUT ENTIRELY REASSURING AS TO THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET; BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SELECTED TITLES FROM HESPERUS PRESS; Copyright
