"The Syren of the Skies"

Title"The Syren of the Skies"
Year for Search1893
Authors[Jones], [George Chetwynd Griffith](1857-1906)
Tertiary AuthorsGriffith, George [pseud.]
Secondary TitlePearson's Weekly
Volume / Editionno. 180 - 211
Date PublishedDecember 30, 1893 - August 4, 1894
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Sequel to 1893 Jones, set a hundred years after the conclusion of that novel. Peace has existed throughout the period and social and technological changes have brought about a world-wide eutopia. The bulk of the novel is concerned with the re-start of conflict and its defeat, followed by a catastrophe that wipes out human civilization.

Additional Publishers

An introduction was published as “A Flight into the Future. An Introduction to the Sequel to ‘The Angel of the Revolution”, no. 179 (December 23, 1893): 361-62. Revised for book publication as Olga Romanoff or The Syren of the Skies: A Sequel to “The Angel of the Revolution”. London: Tower Publishing Co., 1894. Rpt. Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1974.

Title Note

Revised for book publication as Olga Romanoff or The Syren of the Skies: A Sequel to “The Angel of the Revolution”. London: Tower Publishing Co., 1894. Rpt. Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1974.

Pseudonym

George Griffith [pseud.]

Author Note

The author (1857-1906) changed his legal name from Jones to Griffith in 1894.

Full Text

1893-94 [Jones, George Chetwynd Griffith, afterwards Griffith, George Chetwynd] (1857-1906). “The Syren of the Skies.” By George Griffith [pseud.]. Pearson’s Weekly, no. 180 - 211 (December 30, 1893 - August 4, 1894). An introduction was published as “A Flight into the Future. An Introduction to the Sequel to ‘The Angel of the Revolution”, no. 179 (December 23, 1893): 361-62. Revised for book publication as Olga Romanoff or The Syren of the Skies: A Sequel to “The Angel of the Revolution”. London: Tower Publishing Co., 1894. Rpt. Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1974. The author’s name is given in different ways in different library catalogs and bibliographies; I have followed the British Library.

Sequel to 1893 Jones, set a hundred years after the conclusion of that novel. Peace has existed throughout the period and social and technological changes have brought about a world-wide eutopia. The bulk of the novel is concerned with the re-start of conflict and its defeat, followed by a catastrophe that wipes out human civilization. The author changed his legal name from Jones to Griffith in 1894.