@booklet {6624, title = {The Wreck of a World With a Preface by Sir John Brown, C.E., J.P. Knight of the Order of Maximilian of Mexico, etc., etc., etc.}, year = {1890}, note = {

Long\&$\#$39;s Albion Library, Vol. II. This ed. rpt. in British Future Fiction. Ed. I.F. Clarke. 8 vols. (London: Pickering \& Chatto, 2001), 3: 5-163, with a brief note by the editor (1-3). The English Catalogue lists the 1st ed. as February 1890, but, due to ads in the book dated 1889, I.F. Clarke\&$\#$39;s Tale of the Future\ and some other bibliographies give the publication date as 1889.

}, month = {[1890]}, publisher = {Digby and Long}, address = {London}, abstract = {

The novel starts in what is presented in the first chapter as a flawed utopia that is technologically advanced but beginning to lose its moral center. There is a Pan-Britannic Confederation with all members having a President and Congress and the nobility gradually disappearing. But much of the novel is concerned with a revolt of the machines against the human race, which is almost eliminated. After a long conflict, humans win but are temporarily limited to one island where a small group begins to create a good society that is compared to More\&$\#$39;s Utopia. No money. Goods freely exchanged. Sequel to his\ A Mexican Mystery. London: Digby and\ Long, 1888 in which a train is given\ consciousness and turns into a monster.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {[Reginald Colebrook] [Reade] (1853-1891)} }