Sir Harry Milton's yacht was named the **Calypso**....
ViewThe highest peak in the Cantabrian mountains where the anarchists established their eyrie was **Mount Prieta**....
ViewThe American liner stopped by the Destroyer in mid-Atlantic was the **New York**....
ViewAfter the Syndicate's airships, the War-Hawk and the Volante, located the Bremen, which was serving as a floating dockyard for the anarchists, its fate was sealed. An anarchist airship on the Bremen's deck attempted to escape but was destroyed by the Volante. The War-Hawk and Volante then bombarded...
ViewThe Destroyer, once the terror of the Atlantic. The Nautilus is a combined submarine ram and torpedo-boat. The Vengeur dropped fire-bombs over London. The War-Hawk was Sir Harry Milton's own ship. The Nautilus covered 15,000 miles in 17 days at 40 knots....
ViewThe Nautilus was designed as a semi-submarine vessel to protect its vital components from enemy fire during combat. Its unique design ensured that if it went into action, only a small oval platform carrying machine guns and the conning-tower would be visible above the water. The rest of the vessel,...
ViewThe Vengeur's pneumatic guns fired shells charged with deadly anarchite. The War-Hawk's guns hurled twenty-pound high-explosive shells seven miles. Aerial gunners had gravity in their favor, increasing projectile velocity. Airships dropped bombs filled with melinite and blasting gelatine from vertic...
View"I've heard and read all sorts of stories about the Pacific Islands, but I couldn't have believed that anything earthly could have been so beautiful as this." — Violet "To Humanity perhaps—to Society, as you call it, no. We owe no duty to Society, and we will pay none." — Edward Adams "I believe the...
ViewQ1. What was the original name of Max Renault's air-ship, the Vengeur? ✈️ - Nautilus - Destroyer - Volante - Mermaid Answer: Volante Q2. After the anarchists captured the North German Lloyd liner, Bremen, what was its primary new function? 🚢 - A passenger transport - A floating workshop for buildin...
ViewImagine a world where a secret group, the Outlaws of the Air, unleashes advanced airships to challenge global powers and sow chaos. Their leader, Max Renault, even escapes execution in London thanks to his terrifying airship, the Vengeur, which then bombards the city, causing widespread panic. The V...
ViewThe peasantry in the wilderness believe the narrator is mad because he avoids them. An old story among the country people suggests that the devil built the house. According to an ancient villager, the house had been empty for many years and was shunned by the people and their ancestors. Many evil t...
ViewPepper is the loyal dog and companion of the old man who narrates the manuscript found in 'The House on the Borderland'. The narrator considers Pepper his only friend, preferring him over 'the rest of Creation together' because he understands him and leaves him alone during his 'dark moods'. Pepper...
ViewThe house has little curved towers and pinnacles. The body of the building is circular. Its structure is curious and fantastic. Lower storey windows are strongly barred. The outer wall is thick and substantially built....
ViewThe main supernatural events in 'The House on the Borderland' include the narrator's recurring out-of-body experiences. He journeys to a 'vast plain' with a 'gigantic ring of dull-red fire' , encountering 'Beastgods' and hostile 'Swinecreatures' that later attack his house. He also experiences ex...
View"The brutish ferocity of the giant face numbed me with a feeling of unmitigated horror." — Narrator "I was filled with a terrible sense of overwhelming horror and fear and repugnance" — Narrator "a muffled but hideous chorus of bestial shrieks." — Narrator "an indescribable feeling of terror, suc...
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