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This is a science fiction novel where Britain has been invaded because of the evil plans of an Irishman. The whole of the world is at war and it seems inevitable that life as we know it is about to disappear. There is also a huge comet hurtling towards Earth ...

"Can there be anything too horrible for the enemies of the Fatherland?" said the Kaiser to the pale Chancellor, with a glint in his eyes which no man in Germany cares to see. "I must ask pardon," replied the Chancellor. "I was astonished, indeed, almost . . . frightened, if your Majesty will allow me to say so -- frightened for the sake of Humanity, if such an awful invention as that becomes realized!" "And what is your opinion, Field Marshal?" asked the Kaiser. "A most excellent invention, your Majesty," said the Field Marshal, "provided that it belongs "only" to the Fatherland." Long before novels "2010," "2001," or "1984" riveted the world, George Griffith's "The World Peril of 1910" thrilled readers with its all-too-credible depiction of the dangers and opportunities ahead.

In Clifden, the chief coast town of Connemara, there is a house at the end of a triangle which the two streets of the town form, the front windows of which look straight down the beautiful harbour and bay, whose waters stretch out beyond the islands which are scattered along the coast and, with the many submerged reefs, make the entrance so difficult...

George Griffith (1857-1906), full name George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his utopian socialist views. A journalist, rather than a scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution. The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror (1893) remains his best and most famous work.