| Lord of the World Contributor(s): Benson, Robert Hugh (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1587155850 ISBN-13: 9781587155857 Publisher: Borgo Press OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: Imagine a godless age, a time when all the world has fallen prey to soulless communism. This is the world that Christ comes to as He returns to us. This is the Second Coming. This is the End of Time. This is the Apocalypse. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Dystopian - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Christian - Fantasy |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.24" W x 8.98" (0.85 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A CENTURY BEFORE THERE WAS LORD OF THE WORLD Imagine a godless age, a time when all the world has fallen prey to soulless communism. This is the world that Christ comes to as he returns to us. This is the Second Coming. This is the End of Time. This is the Apocalypse. According to his biographer, Fr. Cyril Martindale, Mgr. Benson's depiction of the future was in many ways an inversion of the science fiction novels of H. G. Wells. In particular, Benson was sickened by Wells' belief that Atheism, Marxism, World Government, and Eugenics would lead to an earthly utopia. Due to his depiction of a Wellsian future as a global police state, Benson's novel has been called one of the first modern works of dystopian fiction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Benson, Robert Hugh: - "Robert Hugh Benson (1871 - 1914) was an English Anglican priest who in 1903 was received into the Roman Catholic Church in which he was ordained priest in 1904. He was a prolific writer of fiction and wrote the notable dystopian novel Lord of the World (1907). His output encompassed historical, horror and science fiction, contemporary fiction, children's stories, plays, apologetics, devotional works and articles. He continued his writing career at the same time as he progressed through the hierarchy to become a Chamberlain to the Pope in 1911 and subsequently titled Monsignor." |