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Title: A Strange Discovery Title Record # 676013
Author: Charles Romyn Dake
Date: 1899-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Synopsis: A "completion" of Edgar Allan Poe's Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838). Pym and his companion Dirk Peters are swept into a strange uncharted region in the Antarctic Sea where they find an island utopia inhabited by descendants of fourth-century Romans. The story "combines the further adventures of. Pym with a love story in the manner of Rider Haggard."- Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 1-54. "After Pym and Peters penetrate the veil, they find the city of Hili-li, inhabited by citizens of the Roman empire who fled the barbarian invasions of the fourth century. One ship reached the Antarctic. They represent the height of Greco-Roman culture; though mentally advanced, they have made no practical application of their knowledge. Pym falls in love with Lilama; so great is their devotion that 'the episode of Romeo and Juliet sinks into insignificance' when compared to it. After parental objection, kidnapping by a rival suitor, Ahpilus, and an attack by barbarians, they marry. Within months occurs 'the strange thermal phenomenon' which occasionally devastates the city: the winds shift so that a combination of a hurricane and a blizzard strikes Hili-li. The city is unprepared. Pym goes in search of food and fuel, while Lilama is among those who freeze to death. After her death the Hili-lites permit Pym, highly depressed, and Peters, a troublemaker in Utopia, to depart in a small boat; they are picked up by a ship which takes them to Montevideo, where they separate and never see one another again.
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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
A Strange Discovery 1899-00-00 Charles Romyn Dake H. Ingalls Kimball     310
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
A Strange Discovery 1975-06-00 Charles Romyn Dake Gregg Press (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series) 0-8398-2302-9
$14.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
310
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
A Strange Discovery 2008-08-01 Charles Romyn Dake Project Gutenberg 8665    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
A Strange Discovery 2009-01-23 Charles Romyn Dake Dodo Press 978-1-4065-6084-8
$15.99?$: US dollar
160
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
A Strange Discovery 2010-04-22 Charles Romyn Dake Book Jungle 978-1-4385-9402-6
$12.45?$: US dollar
164
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
A Strange Discovery 2013-06-08 Charles Romyn Dake CreateSpace 978-1-4903-8625-6
$13.95?$: US dollar
142
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
A Strange Discovery 2014-05-23 Charles Romyn Dake CreateSpace 978-1-4996-5433-2
$6.99?$: US dollar
70
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
A Strange Discovery 2014-12-16 Charles Romyn Dake CreateSpace 978-1-5055-5239-3
$6.99?$: US dollar
80
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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