959:
to his attention by readers and raised them through his association with the Daily Mail. Subsequent research has since shown that no significant German espionage network existed in
Britain at this time. Claims about the scale of German invasion preparations grew increasingly ambitious. The number of German spies was put at between 60,000 and 300,000 (in spite of the total German community in Britain being no more than 44,000 people). It was alleged that thousands of rifles were being stockpiled by German spies in order to arm saboteurs at the outbreak of war.
311:
kind about the dangers pressing upon the nation. After the coup d’état by Louis
Napoleon, for instance, there were general fears that the French might attempt an invasion. In order to demonstrate the defenceless condition of the country an anonymous author wrote A History of the sudden and terrible invasion of England by the French … in May 1852 ( London, 1851). This was the first complete imaginary war of the future to be written in English, and it anticipated Chesney’s technique of giving a detailed account of the weaknesses that led to the disaster.
670:
764:(1909) by Charles H. Kirmess (possibly a pseudonym for another Australian author Frank Fox). Each of these novels contained two major common themes which were a reflection of the fears and concerns within a contemporary Australian context; the Australian continent was at risk of major invasion from a strong Asian power (ie. China or Japan, sometimes with the assistance of the Russian Empire) and that the United Kingdom was apathetic towards the protection of its faraway colonies, and would not come to Australia's aid when needed.
1009:
214:
32:
129:
415:, a cautionary tale depicting purely human invasions: a German invasion of the US triggers off a worldwide chain of attacks and counter-attacks, leading to the destruction of all major cities and centers, the collapse of world economy, disintegration of all the fighting nations and the sinking of the world into new Middle Ages.
999:
wrote in 1910: "Among all the causes contributing to the continuance of a state of bad blood between
England and Germany perhaps the most potent is the baneful industry of those unscrupulous writers who are forever asserting that the Germans are only awaiting a fitting opportunity to attack us in our
958:
Stories of a planned German invasion rose to increasing political prominence from 1906. Taking their inspiration from the stories of Le Queux and
Childers, hundreds of ordinary citizens began to suspect foreigners of espionage. This trend was accentuated by Le Queux, who collected 'sightings' brought
310:
One of those stories is a history of the sudden and terrible invasion of
England by the French, in the month of May, 1852, According to I.F. Clarke: Many feared that military weakness at home would invite attack from abroad; and for the rest of the century not a decade passed without an alarm of some
175:
The genre was influential in
Britain in shaping politics, national policies, and popular perceptions in the years leading up to the First World War, and remains a part of popular culture to this day. Several of the books were written by or ghostwritten for military officers and experts of the day who
363:
was initially meant to shock readers into becoming more aware of the possible dangers of a foreign threat, but unwittingly created a new literary genre appealing to popular anxieties. The story was an immediate success, with one reviewer saying "We do not know that we ever saw anything better in any
532:(1906) which was translated into twenty-seven languages selling more than a million copies world-wide. Le Queux and his publisher changed the ending depending on the language, so in the German print edition the fatherland wins, while in the English edition the Germans lose. Le Queux was said to be
809:(1922) depicts an invasion of the United Kingdom by Soviet forces after most of Europe and Asia fall to communism. The story features the British fleet being destroyed by a swarm of insect-like single pilot submarines, which can emerge from the water to attack their foes.
423:(1897) also tapped into English fears of foreign forces arriving unopposed on its shores, although between 1870 and 1903 the majority of these works assumed that the enemy would be France, rather than Germany. This changed with the publication of
548:, in which England is simultaneously invaded by nine different armies, including Switzerland and Germany. English elites appear to be more interested in a cricket tournament, and the country is eventually saved by a boy scout named Clarence.
894:(1967), the PRC disrupts the geopolitical balance between the US and the Soviets, by the kidnapping of their respective spacecraft in outer space, to provoke a nuclear war, which would allow Chinese global supremacy. In
364:
magazine... it describes exactly what we all feel." It was so popular that the magazine was re-printed six times, a new pamphlet version was created, dozens of spoofs were created, and it was for sale throughout the
981:
Invasion literature was not without detractors; policy experts in the years preceding the First World War said invasion literature risked inciting war between
England and Germany and France. Critics such as
821:(1941) told the story of the invasion and conquest of the United States by the technologically advanced PanAsians, and the subsequent guerrilla struggle to overthrow them with even more advanced technology.
437:, two men on a sailing holiday thwart a German invasion of England when they discover a secret fleet of invasion barges assembling on the German coast. Of these hundreds of authors, few are in print now.
624:– which also proved an enormous success with the Japanese public. In a later career as a magazine editor, he also encouraged the writing of more fiction in the same vein by other Japanese authors.
748:. From the late 1880s through to the beginning of World War I, this fear was expressed in Australia through cartoons, poems, plays and novels. Three of the most well known of these novels were
974:. Historians today debate whether this was in fact the real reason, but in any case the concerns raised in invasion literature came to define the early duties of the Bureau's Home Section.
616:. When the actual war with Russia broke out, Oshikawa covered it as a journalist while also continuing to publish further volumes of fiction depicting Japanese imperial exploits set in the
192:. Poems and plays that centred on armies of balloons invading England could be found in France, and even America. However, it was not until the Prussians used advanced technologies such as
978:, the section head, remained obsessed with the location of these saboteurs, focusing his operational plans both before and during the war on defeating the saboteurs imagined by Le Queux.
172:, aroused the national imaginations and anxieties about hypothetical invasions by foreign powers; by 1914 the genre of invasion literature comprised more than 400 novels and stories.
866:
In the 1960s, the invasion literature enemy changed from the political threat of
Communist infiltration and indoctrination from and conquest by the Soviets, to the 19th-century
996:
1218:
477:(1894) and he went on to publish from one to twelve novels a year until his death in 1927. His work was regularly serialised in newspapers, particularly the
465:, published in 1915 but written just prior to the outbreak of World War I, is a thriller dealing with German agents in Britain preparing for an invasion.
1408:
1223:
950:, details the perspective of adolescent guerrillas fighting against the invasion of Australia, by an unnamed country (implied to be Indonesia).
2328:
692:
published in 1890 in New York. It tells of a successful invasion of the US by the UK. The move of U.S. public opinion towards participation in
2340:"The Impact of Fiction on Public Debate in Late Victorian Britain: The Battle of Dorking and the 'Lost Career' of Sir George Tomkyns Chesney"
2066:"The Impact of Fiction on Public Debate in Late Victorian Britain: The Battle of Dorking and the 'Lost Career' of Sir George Tomkyns Chesney"
915:, wherein most of the US accepts the Soviet overlord without much protest, and the only armed resistance is by guerrillas in New Mexico; and
555:
writing as
Capitaine Danrit, wrote of future wars opposing France to Great Britain (La Guerre Fatale) or to Germany (La Guerre de Demain).
338:
describes the invasion of
England by an unnamed enemy (who speak German), in which the narrator and a thousand citizens defend the town of
931:(1984) depicts a Soviet/Cuban invasion of the United States and a band of high school students who resist them. The television miniseries
2185:
Affeldt, Stefanie (2011). "'White' Nation – 'White' Angst. The Literary Invasion of Australia". In Wigger, Iris; Ritter, Sabine (eds.).
606:
that followed a few years later, in 1904. The story would notably be the main source of inspiration for the 1963 science-fiction movie
1759:
278:
96:
372:
in England at the time was an injury, such as a bruise or scrape, being attributed to a wound received at the battle of Dorking.
250:
68:
1141:
637:. Published in serial form in a local English-language newspaper, it described a fictional French and Russian naval landing at
348:, or news of outside world. The narrative of the story then moves forward fifty years in time, and England remains devastated.
579:
and adventure stories (genres unknown in Japan until a few years earlier), published around the start of the 20th century the
1612:
925:, which depicts a hopeless situation resolved by a band of patriots, which concludes with the country's liberation. The film
874:) who threaten the economy, the political stability, and the physical integrity of the US, and thus of the Western world. In
962:
Calls for government action grew ever more intense, and in 1909 it was given as the reason for the secret foundation of the
907:(1955–1975) was a loss, two books depicting the Soviet occupation of the continental US were published; the cautionary tale
708:
in 1916, depicts a German invasion of the US in 1920 and 1921. The plot seems to transfer the main story line of Le Queux's
257:
231:
75:
49:
1992:
1914:
1617:
802:
novel, and when rejected by the publishers in that form it was successfully "recycled" by Burroughs as science fiction.
1814:
2236:
2213:
2194:
2165:
2115:
2048:
650:
456:
297:
264:
115:
82:
383:
in 1914 there were hundreds of authors writing invasion literature, often topping the best seller lists in Germany,
1941:
1127:
499:– with the one ending for Britain in sombre and irrevocable defeat and decline, while in the other the invasion of
473:
2365:
1700:
246:
184:
Nearly a century before the invasion literature genre became a true popular phenomenon after the publication of
64:
2140:
1623:
1045:
235:
53:
1358:(1977), a collection of six popular invasion literature stories, edited by Michael Moorcock, published in 1977
712:(with which the writer may have been familiar) to a US theatre: the Germans launch a surprise attack, capture
871:
790:(1925), a depiction of Earth (and specifically, the United States) under the rule of cruel invaders from the
391:. During the period it is estimated over 400 invasion works were published. Probably the best known work was
176:
believed that the nation would be saved if the particular tactic that they favoured was or would be adopted.
2355:
1842:
1322:
841:
1935:
1893:
1835:
1793:
1593:
1098:
995:
as "calculated to inflame public opinion abroad and alarm the more ignorant public at home." Journalist
922:
1946:
890:
2276:
2360:
1269:
158:(1914–1918). The invasion novel was first recognised as a literary genre in the UK, with the novella
1343:
Before Armageddon: An Anthology of Victorian and Edwardian Imaginative Fiction Published Before 1914
1871:
986:
896:
2247:
1800:
1772:
1732:
1201:
1196:
1165:
855:(1957), directed by George Waggner. An explicit invasion-and-occupation scenario is presented in
737:
633:
429:
424:
326:
271:
224:
89:
42:
2318:
2041:
Imagining Future War: The West's Technological Revolution and Visions of Wars to Come 1880–1914
1720:
1598:
1572:
1479:
1092:
1087:
1081:
1036:
917:
745:
689:
688:
One of the earliest invasion stories to appear in print in the US was "The Stricken Nation" by
654:
321:
900:(1967), the PRC attempt to invade the US proper by way of a tunnel beneath the Pacific Ocean.
1786:
1779:
1683:
1667:
1510:
1435:
1425:
1385:
1185:
1031:
963:
947:
705:
461:
406:
397:
316:
200:
in 1871 that the fear of invasion by a technologically superior enemy became more realistic.
160:
2065:
937:(1987), directed by Donald Wrye, depicts life in the US a decade after the Soviet conquest.
2339:
2281:
1921:
1849:
1807:
1705:
1557:
1420:
1413:
1401:
1207:
1121:
991:
933:
781:
533:
528:
193:
2312:
8:
658:
356:
197:
2322:
2225:
2088:
1907:
1503:
1498:
1491:
1454:
1302:
1229:
836:
831:
812:
603:
411:
352:
736:
Australia's contribution to invasion literature was set against the background of pre-
572:
188:
in 1871, a mini-boom of invasion stories appeared soon after the French developed the
2286:
2232:
2209:
2190:
2161:
2136:
2111:
2044:
1821:
1754:
1577:
1516:
1342:
1336:
1316:
1291:
1017:
876:
701:
443:
669:
2332:
2268:
1971:
1645:
1634:
1442:
1372:
1347:
1327:
1263:
1243:
1212:
1132:
721:
638:
468:
1878:
1678:
1656:
1586:
1523:
1474:
1354:
1254:
1159:
1112:
1103:
942:
846:
773:
576:
564:
539:
189:
1054:
552:
135:(1871) established the genre of invasion literature. (Cover of the 1914 edition)
2252:
1987:
1983:
1975:
1828:
1749:
1602:
1528:
1170:
983:
799:
673:
646:
642:
595:
365:
151:
1459:
1390:
2349:
2290:
2272:
1856:
1725:
1714:
1689:
1548:
1447:
1285:
1280:
1108:
1063:
1013:
851:
786:
681:
568:
448:
388:
331:
169:
165:
1864:
1766:
1661:
1650:
1566:
1486:
1396:
1072:
912:
867:
817:
753:
741:
677:
631:'s earliest work of invasion literature is believed to have been the 1897
621:
613:
520:
369:
2305:
491:
character was inspired by Le Queux's agent "Duckworth Drew". In some ways
1628:
1307:
1274:
1234:
1190:
1179:
1150:
975:
904:
881:
777:
717:
693:
599:
580:
484:
392:
380:
155:
2248:"Imagining the Worst: How a literary genre anticipated the modern world"
2277:"Yesterday's Bestsellers 19: "The Battle of Dorking" and Its Aftermath"
1979:
1928:
1737:
1694:
1672:
1639:
1538:
1253:
or How Clarence Saved England: A Tale of the Great Invasion (1909), by
1249:
860:
829:
In the 1950s, US fears of Communist invasion were notable in the novel
725:
544:
488:
479:
452:
238: in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
20:
1008:
1012:"Promised Horrors of the French Invasion" – a cartoon by the British
628:
591:
434:
351:
The author, like many of his countrymen at the time, was alarmed by
213:
31:
19:"Future war" redirects here. For the 1997 direct-to-video film, see
1885:
1468:
927:
344:
128:
1900:
885:
617:
608:
587:
516:
504:
419:
339:
2206:
Secret Service: the making of the British intelligence community
2158:
Australia and the Wider World: Selected Essays of Neville Meaney
716:
despite heroic resistance by "Uncle Sam's boys", overrun all of
713:
512:
508:
500:
471:
was the most prolific author of the genre; his first novel was
384:
359:
in 1870, defeating Europe's largest army in only two months.
1296:
791:
680:
poster calls up the pictorial image of an invaded, burning
438:
2342:, The Graduate History Review 4, No. 1 (Fall, 2012), 1-16.
515:), with enormous territorial aggrandizement (Britain gets
971:
967:
880:(1964) Communist China provides the villain with a dirty
728:– but at last are gloriously crushed by fresh US forces.
598:
of war between Japan and Russia. The novel reflected the
2089:"A Nod to the Xenophobic, Lying Inventor of Spy Fiction"
794:. This book is known to have been originally written as
698:
Uncle Sam's Boys at The Invasion of the United States
602:
ambitions of Japan at the time, and foreshadowed the
586:("Undersea Battleship"): the story of an armoured,
503:
is pushed back in the last moment (with the help of
154:
that was popular in the period between 1871 and the
1409:
The Tunnel Thru the Air; Or, Looking Back from 1940
1069:
White or Yellow? A Story of the Race War of AD 1908
750:
White or Yellow? A Story of the Race War of AD 1908
657:may have read the book in preparation for the 1941
317:
The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer
161:
The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer
56:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
2327:. London, G. Richards ltd., 1914, introduction by
2224:
903:In 1971, when the US began acknowledging that the
645:; the story was intended to criticise the lack of
441:is one of the exceptions, although his 1913 novel
863:, about life in the Soviet-occupied US of 1999.
2347:
849:, and the US Defence Department propaganda film
523:; "Britannia" becomes "Empress of the World").
2227:Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars, 1763–3749
1156:Briton or Boer? A Tale of the Fight for Africa
1003:
1020:and depicting a London occupied by the French
483:, and attracted many readers. It is believed
2203:
653:, and it is speculated that members of the
567:, at the time undergoing a fast process of
563:Invasion literature had its impact also in
526:Le Queux's most popular invasion novel was
2267:
2156:Curran, James; Ward, Stuart, eds. (2013).
2155:
2038:
1970:
704:. This four-book series, published by the
196:and railroads to defeat the French in the
179:
1760:Hypothetical Axis victory in World War II
884:to irradiate and render useless the gold
298:Learn how and when to remove this message
116:Learn how and when to remove this message
2313:"Before and After The Battle of Dorking"
2086:
2063:
1007:
888:that is the basis of the US economy. In
668:
447:(subtitled "A Story of London Under the
127:
2184:
2105:
2022:
2020:
2018:
2016:
2014:
2012:
2010:
330:, a respected political journal of the
2348:
2222:
2130:
507:, portrayed as a staunch ally against
2245:
2026:
1613:The Third World War: The Untold Story
401:(1897), bearing plot similarities to
2007:
767:
236:adding citations to reliable sources
207:
54:adding citations to reliable sources
25:
1993:The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
1915:Tomorrow, When the War Began (film)
1362:
1260:White Australia or, The Empty North
953:
495:can be considered an antithesis to
168:invasion of England, which, in the
13:
2261:
2064:Kirkwood, Patrick M. (Fall 2012).
1815:Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
1024:
14:
2377:
2298:
2189:. Berlin: Lit. pp. 222–235.
2108:Hong Kong Invaded! A 97 Nightmare
2246:Reiss, Tom (November 28, 2005).
2087:Calavita, Marco (28 July 2012).
1942:World War III in popular culture
1608:The Third World War: August 1985
1128:The Great War in England in 1897
584:KaitĹŤ BĹŤken Kidan: Kaitei Gunkan
474:The Great War in England in 1897
433:. Often called the first modern
212:
30:
2285:. No. 83. pp. 52–56.
2039:Echevarria, Antonio J. (2007).
824:
731:
223:needs additional citations for
41:needs additional citations for
2149:
2124:
2110:. Hong Kong University Press.
2099:
2080:
2057:
2032:
1964:
1000:island home and burst us up."
1:
2178:
2135:. Syracuse University Press.
1333:Conquest of the United States
760:(1895) by Kenneth Mackay and
744:" and the foundations of the
379:in 1871 and the start of the
357:successful invasion of France
2204:Christopher, Andrew (1985).
1957:
1843:Invasion, U.S.A. (1952 film)
1118:The Captain of the Mary Rose
664:
203:
7:
2231:. Oxford University Press.
2160:. Sydney University Press.
2133:Tales of the Next Great War
2131:Clarke, I. F., ed. (1995).
2070:The Graduate History Review
1936:The Unthinkable (2018 film)
1894:Invasion U.S.A. (1985 film)
1836:Face to Face with Communism
1794:Australia Calls (1913 film)
1743:
1594:The Texas-Israeli War: 1999
1381:by Ivan Petrushevich (1922)
1099:The Angel of the Revolution
1004:Notable invasion literature
375:Between the publication of
10:
2382:
1668:Cauldron (Bond novel)
872:People's Republic of China
558:
455:than literary. Another is
18:
2308:. An award-winning essay.
2106:Bickley, Gillian (2001).
1270:The Unparalleled Invasion
1046:José Maria Eça de Queiroz
342:, with neither supplies,
1872:Battle Beneath the Earth
1618:General Sir John Hackett
1060:The Battle of Mordialloo
987:Henry Campbell-Bannerman
897:Battle Beneath the Earth
651:the defence of Hong Kong
575:, a pioneer of Japanese
194:breech-loading artillery
164:(1871), an account of a
2223:Clarke, I. F. (1992) .
1801:The Battle Cry of Peace
1733:The Bear and the Dragon
1197:The Riddle of the Sands
740:colonial fears of the "
430:The Riddle of the Sands
409:. In 1907, Wells wrote
324:was first published in
2366:Science fiction genres
2319:George Tomkyns Chesney
1721:Invasion (Harry novel)
1704:series (1983–2003) by
1682:series (1993–1999) by
1627:series (1981–1993) by
1599:Jake Saunders (writer)
1573:Rule Britannia (novel)
1480:Philip George Chadwick
1093:Edward Douglas Fawcett
1088:Hartmann the Anarchist
1082:Henry Grattan Donnelly
1037:George Tomkyns Chesney
1021:
946:series (1993–1999) by
746:White Australia policy
690:Henry Grattan Donnelly
685:
655:Imperial Japanese Army
542:parodied the genre in
322:George Tomkyns Chesney
136:
2338:Patrick M. Kirkwood,
2324:The Battle of Dorking
1787:The Aerial Anarchists
1780:The Airship Destroyer
1545:A Piece of Resistance
1511:The Mouse That Roared
1436:Philip Francis Nowlan
1426:Philip Francis Nowlan
1386:The Absolute at Large
1369:The Terror of the Air
1219:The Australian Crisis
1186:The War of the Worlds
1032:The Battle of Dorking
1016:published during the
1011:
989:denounced Le Queux's
964:Secret Service Bureau
762:The Australian Crisis
752:(1888) by journalist
706:Henry Altemus Company
672:
497:The Battle of Dorking
462:The Thirty-Nine Steps
407:science fiction theme
403:The Battle of Dorking
398:The War of the Worlds
377:The Battle of Dorking
361:The Battle of Dorking
336:The Battle of Dorking
247:"Invasion literature"
186:The Battle of Dorking
133:The Battle of Dorking
131:
65:"Invasion literature"
2311:Clarke, I.F., 1997.
2306:"Future War Fiction"
2304:Clarke, I.F., 1997.
2187:Racism and Modernity
2043:. Prager Institute.
1922:Red Dawn (2012 film)
1850:Rocket Attack U.S.A.
1808:The Fall of a Nation
1706:William W. Johnstone
1421:Armageddon 2419 A.D.
1414:William Delbert Gann
1402:Edgar Rice Burroughs
1379:The Flying Submarine
1323:The Fall of a Nation
1208:The Invasion of 1910
1122:William Laird Clowes
992:The Invasion of 1910
966:, the forerunner of
870:of "Red China" (the
845:(1952), directed by
807:The Flying Submarine
805:Ivan Petrushevich's
782:Edgar Rice Burroughs
724:and reach as far as
536:'s favorite author.
529:The Invasion of 1910
327:Blackwood's Magazine
232:improve this article
50:improve this article
2356:Invasion literature
2256:. pp. 106–114.
1583:Operaatio Finlandia
1432:The Airlords of Han
1313:All For His Country
1240:Spies of the Kaiser
1078:The Stricken Nation
1051:La Guerre de demain
891:You Only Live Twice
659:Battle of Hong Kong
198:Franco-Prussian War
140:Invasion literature
1908:Aetheric Mechanics
1773:Lebor Gabála Érenn
1711:Protect and Defend
1504:Robert A. Heinlein
1499:The Puppet Masters
1492:Robert A. Heinlein
1455:War with the Newts
1303:The World Set Free
1230:The War in the Air
1022:
837:Robert A. Heinlein
832:The Puppet Masters
813:Robert A. Heinlein
796:Under the Red Flag
686:
604:Russo-Japanese War
412:The War in the Air
387:, England and the
137:
2269:Stableford, Brian
1972:Stableford, Brian
1822:Victory and Peace
1755:Alternate history
1578:Daphne du Maurier
1517:Leonard Wibberley
1337:H. Irving Hancock
1317:John Ulrich Giesy
1292:When William Came
1176:The Yellow Danger
1018:French Revolution
768:After World War I
702:H. Irving Hancock
696:was reflected in
444:When William Came
308:
307:
300:
282:
126:
125:
118:
100:
2373:
2361:Fiction by genre
2333:Internet Archive
2294:
2257:
2242:
2230:
2219:
2200:
2172:
2171:
2153:
2147:
2146:
2128:
2122:
2121:
2103:
2097:
2096:
2084:
2078:
2077:
2061:
2055:
2054:
2036:
2030:
2024:
2005:
2004:
2002:
2001:
1968:
1646:Red Army (novel)
1635:Red Storm Rising
1443:The Red Napoleon
1373:William Le Queux
1363:Post-World War I
1348:Michael Moorcock
1328:Thomas Dixon Jr.
1264:Randolph Bedford
1244:William Le Queux
1213:William Le Queux
1202:Erskine Childers
1133:William Le Queux
954:Political impact
639:Hong Kong Island
469:William Le Queux
425:Erskine Childers
303:
296:
292:
289:
283:
281:
240:
216:
208:
121:
114:
110:
107:
101:
99:
58:
34:
26:
2381:
2380:
2376:
2375:
2374:
2372:
2371:
2370:
2346:
2345:
2301:
2264:
2262:Further reading
2239:
2216:
2197:
2181:
2176:
2175:
2168:
2154:
2150:
2143:
2129:
2125:
2118:
2104:
2100:
2085:
2081:
2062:
2058:
2051:
2037:
2033:
2025:
2008:
1999:
1997:
1988:Sleight, Graham
1984:Langford, David
1969:
1965:
1960:
1879:Future War 198X
1746:
1657:The War in 2020
1624:The Survivalist
1601: and
1597:(1974) by
1587:Arto Paasilinna
1524:Not This August
1475:The Death Guard
1365:
1355:England Invaded
1255:P. G. Wodehouse
1160:George Griffith
1138:The Yellow Wave
1113:George Griffith
1104:George Griffith
1027:
1025:Pre-World War I
1006:
956:
847:Alfred E. Green
827:
774:First Red Scare
770:
758:The Yellow Wave
734:
667:
577:science fiction
573:ShunrĹŤ Oshikawa
561:
540:P. G. Wodehouse
534:Queen Alexandra
381:First World War
304:
293:
287:
284:
241:
239:
229:
217:
206:
190:hot-air balloon
182:
156:First World War
122:
111:
105:
102:
59:
57:
47:
35:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
2379:
2369:
2368:
2363:
2358:
2344:
2343:
2336:
2316:
2309:
2300:
2299:External links
2297:
2296:
2295:
2273:Pringle, David
2263:
2260:
2259:
2258:
2253:The New Yorker
2243:
2237:
2220:
2214:
2201:
2195:
2180:
2177:
2174:
2173:
2166:
2148:
2141:
2123:
2116:
2098:
2079:
2056:
2049:
2031:
2006:
1996:(4th ed.)
1962:
1961:
1959:
1956:
1955:
1954:
1953:
1952:
1939:
1932:
1925:
1918:
1911:
1904:
1897:
1890:
1882:
1875:
1868:
1861:
1853:
1846:
1839:
1832:
1829:Men Must Fight
1825:
1818:
1811:
1804:
1797:
1790:
1783:
1776:
1769:
1764:
1763:
1762:
1752:
1750:Alien invasion
1745:
1742:
1741:
1740:
1729:
1717:
1708:
1697:
1686:
1675:
1664:
1653:
1642:
1631:
1620:
1605:
1603:Howard Waldrop
1590:
1580:
1569:
1560:
1554:The First Team
1551:
1542:
1535:Point Ultimate
1532:
1529:C.M. Kornbluth
1520:
1507:
1495:
1483:
1471:
1465:Fools' Harvest
1462:
1451:
1439:
1429:
1417:
1405:
1393:
1382:
1376:
1364:
1361:
1360:
1359:
1351:
1339:
1330:
1319:
1310:
1299:
1288:
1277:
1266:
1257:
1246:
1237:
1226:
1215:
1204:
1193:
1182:
1173:
1162:
1153:
1144:
1142:Kenneth Mackay
1135:
1124:
1115:
1106:
1095:
1084:
1075:
1066:
1057:
1048:
1044:(ca. 1878) by
1039:
1026:
1023:
1005:
1002:
984:Prime Minister
955:
952:
918:The First Team
857:Point Ultimate
826:
823:
800:anti-Communist
798:, an explicit
769:
766:
733:
730:
674:Joseph Pennell
666:
663:
643:Deep Water Bay
596:future history
594:involved in a
560:
557:
459:, whose novel
427:'s 1903 novel
366:British Empire
306:
305:
220:
218:
211:
205:
202:
181:
178:
152:literary genre
144:invasion novel
124:
123:
38:
36:
29:
16:Literary genre
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
2378:
2367:
2364:
2362:
2359:
2357:
2354:
2353:
2351:
2341:
2337:
2334:
2330:
2326:
2325:
2320:
2317:
2314:
2310:
2307:
2303:
2302:
2292:
2288:
2284:
2283:
2278:
2274:
2270:
2266:
2265:
2255:
2254:
2249:
2244:
2240:
2238:0-19-212302-5
2234:
2229:
2228:
2221:
2217:
2215:0-434-02110-5
2211:
2207:
2202:
2198:
2196:9783643901491
2192:
2188:
2183:
2182:
2169:
2167:9781743320259
2163:
2159:
2152:
2144:
2138:
2134:
2127:
2119:
2117:962-209-526-7
2113:
2109:
2102:
2094:
2090:
2083:
2075:
2071:
2067:
2060:
2052:
2050:9780313051104
2046:
2042:
2035:
2028:
2023:
2021:
2019:
2017:
2015:
2013:
2011:
1995:
1994:
1989:
1985:
1981:
1977:
1973:
1967:
1963:
1951:
1949:
1948:World War III
1945:
1944:
1943:
1940:
1938:
1937:
1933:
1931:
1930:
1926:
1924:
1923:
1919:
1917:
1916:
1912:
1910:
1909:
1905:
1903:
1902:
1898:
1896:
1895:
1891:
1888:
1887:
1883:
1881:
1880:
1876:
1874:
1873:
1869:
1867:
1866:
1862:
1859:
1858:
1857:Red Nightmare
1854:
1852:
1851:
1847:
1845:
1844:
1840:
1838:
1837:
1833:
1831:
1830:
1826:
1824:
1823:
1819:
1817:
1816:
1812:
1810:
1809:
1805:
1803:
1802:
1798:
1796:
1795:
1791:
1789:
1788:
1784:
1782:
1781:
1777:
1775:
1774:
1770:
1768:
1765:
1761:
1758:
1757:
1756:
1753:
1751:
1748:
1747:
1739:
1735:
1734:
1730:
1727:
1726:Eric L. Harry
1723:
1722:
1718:
1716:
1715:Eric L. Harry
1712:
1709:
1707:
1703:
1702:
1698:
1696:
1692:
1691:
1690:Debt of Honor
1687:
1685:
1681:
1680:
1676:
1674:
1670:
1669:
1665:
1663:
1659:
1658:
1654:
1652:
1648:
1647:
1643:
1641:
1637:
1636:
1632:
1630:
1626:
1625:
1621:
1619:
1615:
1614:
1609:
1606:
1604:
1600:
1596:
1595:
1591:
1588:
1584:
1581:
1579:
1575:
1574:
1570:
1568:
1564:
1561:
1559:
1555:
1552:
1550:
1549:Clive Egleton
1546:
1543:
1540:
1536:
1533:
1530:
1526:
1525:
1521:
1519:
1518:
1513:
1512:
1508:
1505:
1501:
1500:
1496:
1493:
1489:
1488:
1484:
1481:
1477:
1476:
1472:
1470:
1466:
1463:
1461:
1457:
1456:
1452:
1449:
1448:Floyd Gibbons
1445:
1444:
1440:
1437:
1433:
1430:
1427:
1423:
1422:
1418:
1415:
1411:
1410:
1406:
1403:
1399:
1398:
1394:
1392:
1388:
1387:
1383:
1380:
1377:
1374:
1370:
1367:
1366:
1357:
1356:
1352:
1349:
1345:
1344:
1340:
1338:
1334:
1331:
1329:
1325:
1324:
1320:
1318:
1314:
1311:
1309:
1305:
1304:
1300:
1298:
1294:
1293:
1289:
1287:
1286:Edgar Wallace
1283:
1282:
1281:Private Selby
1278:
1276:
1272:
1271:
1267:
1265:
1261:
1258:
1256:
1252:
1251:
1247:
1245:
1241:
1238:
1236:
1232:
1231:
1227:
1225:
1224:C. H. Kirmess
1221:
1220:
1216:
1214:
1210:
1209:
1205:
1203:
1199:
1198:
1194:
1192:
1188:
1187:
1183:
1181:
1177:
1174:
1172:
1168:
1167:
1166:The Back Door
1163:
1161:
1157:
1154:
1152:
1148:
1147:The Final War
1145:
1143:
1139:
1136:
1134:
1130:
1129:
1125:
1123:
1119:
1116:
1114:
1110:
1109:Olga Romanoff
1107:
1105:
1101:
1100:
1096:
1094:
1090:
1089:
1085:
1083:
1079:
1076:
1074:
1070:
1067:
1065:
1064:Samuel Mullen
1061:
1058:
1056:
1052:
1049:
1047:
1043:
1040:
1038:
1034:
1033:
1029:
1028:
1019:
1015:
1014:James Gillray
1010:
1001:
998:
994:
993:
988:
985:
979:
977:
973:
969:
965:
960:
951:
949:
945:
944:
938:
936:
935:
930:
929:
924:
920:
919:
914:
910:
906:
901:
899:
898:
893:
892:
887:
883:
879:
878:
873:
869:
864:
862:
858:
854:
853:
852:Red Nightmare
848:
844:
843:
842:Invasion, USA
839:, the movie
838:
834:
833:
822:
820:
819:
814:
810:
808:
803:
801:
797:
793:
789:
788:
783:
779:
775:
765:
763:
759:
755:
751:
747:
743:
739:
729:
727:
723:
719:
715:
711:
710:The Great War
707:
703:
699:
695:
691:
683:
682:New York City
679:
675:
671:
662:
660:
656:
652:
648:
644:
640:
636:
635:
634:The Back Door
630:
625:
623:
619:
615:
611:
610:
605:
601:
597:
593:
589:
585:
582:
578:
574:
570:
569:modernization
566:
556:
554:
549:
547:
546:
541:
537:
535:
531:
530:
524:
522:
518:
514:
510:
506:
502:
498:
494:
493:The Great War
490:
486:
482:
481:
476:
475:
470:
466:
464:
463:
458:
454:
450:
449:Hohenzollerns
446:
445:
440:
436:
432:
431:
426:
422:
421:
416:
414:
413:
408:
404:
400:
399:
394:
390:
389:United States
386:
382:
378:
373:
371:
367:
362:
358:
354:
349:
347:
346:
341:
337:
333:
332:Victorian era
329:
328:
323:
319:
318:
314:The novella,
312:
302:
299:
291:
280:
277:
273:
270:
266:
263:
259:
256:
252:
249: –
248:
244:
243:Find sources:
237:
233:
227:
226:
221:This section
219:
215:
210:
209:
201:
199:
195:
191:
187:
180:Pre-"Dorking"
177:
173:
171:
170:Western world
167:
163:
162:
157:
153:
149:
145:
141:
134:
130:
120:
117:
109:
98:
95:
91:
88:
84:
81:
77:
74:
70:
67: –
66:
62:
61:Find sources:
55:
51:
45:
44:
39:This article
37:
33:
28:
27:
22:
2329:G. H. Powell
2323:
2280:
2271:(May 1994).
2251:
2226:
2205:
2186:
2157:
2151:
2132:
2126:
2107:
2101:
2092:
2082:
2073:
2069:
2059:
2040:
2034:
1998:. Retrieved
1991:
1976:"Future War"
1966:
1950:(miniseries)
1947:
1934:
1927:
1920:
1913:
1906:
1899:
1892:
1884:
1877:
1870:
1865:The War Game
1863:
1855:
1848:
1841:
1834:
1827:
1820:
1813:
1806:
1799:
1792:
1785:
1778:
1771:
1767:Yellow Peril
1731:
1719:
1710:
1699:
1688:
1684:John Marsden
1677:
1666:
1662:Ralph Peters
1655:
1651:Ralph Peters
1644:
1633:
1622:
1611:
1607:
1592:
1582:
1571:
1567:Oliver Lange
1562:
1553:
1544:
1534:
1522:
1515:
1509:
1497:
1487:Sixth Column
1485:
1473:
1464:
1453:
1441:
1431:
1419:
1407:
1397:The Moon Men
1395:
1384:
1378:
1368:
1353:
1341:
1332:
1321:
1312:
1301:
1290:
1279:
1268:
1259:
1248:
1239:
1228:
1217:
1206:
1195:
1184:
1175:
1164:
1155:
1146:
1137:
1126:
1117:
1097:
1086:
1077:
1073:William Lane
1068:
1059:
1055:Émile Driant
1050:
1042:A Catástrofe
1041:
1030:
997:Charles Lowe
990:
980:
961:
957:
948:John Marsden
941:
939:
932:
926:
916:
913:Oliver Lange
908:
902:
895:
889:
875:
868:Yellow Peril
865:
856:
850:
840:
830:
828:
825:The Cold War
818:Sixth Column
816:
811:
806:
804:
795:
787:The Moon Men
785:
776:" following
771:
761:
757:
754:William Lane
749:
742:Yellow Peril
735:
732:In Australia
709:
697:
687:
678:Liberty bond
649:funding for
632:
626:
622:Indian Ocean
614:Ishiro Honda
607:
583:
562:
553:Émile Driant
550:
543:
538:
527:
525:
521:Central Asia
519:and Russian
496:
492:
478:
472:
467:
460:
442:
428:
418:
417:
410:
402:
396:
376:
374:
370:running joke
360:
350:
343:
335:
325:
315:
313:
309:
294:
285:
275:
268:
261:
254:
242:
230:Please help
225:verification
222:
185:
183:
174:
159:
150:genre) is a
147:
143:
139:
138:
132:
112:
103:
93:
86:
79:
72:
60:
48:Please help
43:verification
40:
1980:Clute, John
1629:Jerry Ahern
1610:(1978) and
1460:Karel ÄŚapek
1391:Karel ÄŚapek
1308:H. G. Wells
1275:Jack London
1235:H. G. Wells
1191:H. G. Wells
1180:M. P. Shiel
1151:Louis Tracy
976:Vernon Kell
921:(1971), by
911:(1971), by
905:Vietnam War
882:atomic bomb
859:(1955), by
835:(1951), by
778:World War I
718:New England
694:World War I
600:imperialist
581:best-seller
551:In France,
485:Ian Fleming
457:John Buchan
451:") is more
405:but with a
393:H. G. Wells
320:(1871), by
2350:Categories
2179:References
2142:081562672X
2076:(1): 1–16.
2027:Reiss 2005
2000:2023-08-26
1929:Steel Rain
1738:Tom Clancy
1713:(1999) by
1695:Tom Clancy
1673:Larry Bond
1671:(1993) by
1649:(1989) by
1640:Tom Clancy
1638:(1986) by
1616:(1982) by
1576:(1972) by
1565:(1971) by
1563:Vandenberg
1556:(1971) by
1547:(1970) by
1539:Jerry Sohl
1467:(1939) by
1458:(1936) by
1389:(1922) by
1346:edited by
1335:(1916) by
1326:(1916) by
1315:(1915) by
1306:(1914) by
1295:(1913) by
1284:(1912) by
1273:(1910) by
1262:(1909) by
1250:The Swoop!
1242:(1909) by
1233:(1908) by
1222:(1907) by
1211:(1906) by
1200:(1903) by
1189:(1898) by
1178:(1898) by
1169:(1897) by
1158:(1897) by
1149:(1896) by
1140:(1895) by
1131:(1894) by
1120:(1894) by
1111:(1894) by
1102:(1893) by
1091:(1893) by
1080:(1890) by
1071:(1888) by
1062:(1888) by
1053:(1888) by
1035:(1871) by
909:Vandenberg
877:Goldfinger
861:Jerry Sohl
738:Federation
726:Pittsburgh
545:The Swoop!
489:James Bond
480:Daily Mail
453:jingoistic
288:March 2024
258:newspapers
148:future war
142:(also the
106:March 2016
76:newspapers
21:Future War
2291:0264-3596
2282:Interzone
1958:Footnotes
1701:The Ashes
1558:John Ball
1171:Anonymous
923:John Ball
780:produced
665:In the US
629:Hong Kong
627:Colonial
592:submarine
435:spy novel
204:In Europe
2321:(1871).
1990:(eds.).
1974:(2022).
1886:Red Dawn
1744:See also
1679:Tomorrow
1469:Erle Cox
943:Tomorrow
928:Red Dawn
722:New York
676:'s 1918
345:matériel
2331:. From
2275:(ed.).
1901:Saikano
1736:(2000)
1693:(1994)
1660:(1991)
1514:(1955)
934:Amerika
886:bullion
647:British
618:Pacific
609:Atragon
590:-armed
559:In Asia
517:Algeria
505:Germany
420:Dracula
353:Prussia
340:Dorking
272:scholar
146:or the
90:scholar
2289:
2235:
2212:
2193:
2164:
2139:
2114:
2047:
1889:(1984)
1860:(1962)
1728:(2000)
1589:(1972)
1541:(1955)
1531:(1955)
1506:(1951)
1494:(1941)
1482:(1939)
1450:(1929)
1438:(1929)
1428:(1928)
1416:(1927)
1404:(1925)
1375:(1920)
1350:(1975)
714:Boston
513:Russia
509:France
501:London
385:France
368:. One
274:
267:
260:
253:
245:
166:German
92:
85:
78:
71:
63:
2093:Wired
1978:. In
772:The "
612:, by
565:Japan
279:JSTOR
265:books
97:JSTOR
83:books
2287:ISSN
2233:ISBN
2210:ISBN
2191:ISBN
2162:ISBN
2137:ISBN
2112:ISBN
2045:ISBN
1297:Saki
970:and
940:The
792:Moon
720:and
620:and
511:and
439:Saki
251:news
69:news
1724:by
1585:by
1537:by
1527:by
1502:by
1490:by
1478:by
1446:by
1434:by
1424:by
1412:by
1400:by
1371:by
972:MI6
968:MI5
815:'s
784:'s
700:by
641:'s
588:ram
487:'s
395:'s
355:'s
234:by
52:by
2352::
2279:.
2250:.
2208:.
2091:.
2072:.
2068:.
2009:^
1986:;
1982:;
756:,
661:.
571:.
334:.
2335:.
2315:.
2293:.
2241:.
2218:.
2199:.
2170:.
2145:.
2120:.
2095:.
2074:4
2053:.
2029:.
2003:.
684:.
301:)
295:(
290:)
286:(
276:·
269:·
262:·
255:·
228:.
119:)
113:(
108:)
104:(
94:·
87:·
80:·
73:·
46:.
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
