“Not according to Jean,” Ange told him. “He doesn’t think the arrival of the Titan will change anything.”
“That’s not what I meant, Brother,” the chevalier corrected him. “I meant that no one will understand why things have changed. They’ll be expecting change regardless, and our contribution to it— not to mention that of the three thousand reanimates—will seem to be nothing more than the mundane surge of history. This is a new century, Brother Ange; even if the Titan had hit an iceberg and gone straight to the bottom, you and I would still be living in interesting times.”
“Always assuming that we could still come back again, if our graves were lying on the ocean floor,” Ange said.
“For the likes of us,” said Jean, “fate will always find a way.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brian Stableford was born in Yorkshire in 1948. He taught at the University of Reading for several years, but is now a full-time writer. He has written many science fiction and fantasy novels, including: The Empire of Fear, The Werewolves of London, Year Zero, The Curse of the Coral Bride, and The Stones of Camelot. Collections of his short stories include: Sexual Chemistry: Sardonic Tales of the Genetic Revolution, Designer Genes: Tales of the Biotech Revolution, and Sheena and Other Gothic Tales. He has written numerous nonfiction books, including Scientific Romance in Britain, 1890-1950, Glorious Perversity: The Decline and Fall of Literary Decadence, and Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia. He has contributed hundreds of biographical and critical entries to reference books, including both editions of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and several editions of the library guide, Anatomy of Wonder. He has also translated numerous novels from the French language, including several by the feuilletonist Paul Feval.
BORGO PRESS BOOKS BY BRIAN STABLEFORD
Algebraic Fantasies and Realistic Romances: More Masters of Science Fiction
Beyond the Colors of Darkness and Other Exotica
Changelings and Other Metamorphic Tales
A Clash of Symbols: The Triumph of James Blish
The Cosmic Perspective and Other Black Comedies
The Cure for Love and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution
The Devil’s Party: A Brief History of Satanic Abuse
The Dragon Man: A Novel of the Future
Firefly: A Novel of the Far Future
The Gardens of Tantalus and Other Delusions
Glorious Perversity: The Decline and Fall of Literary Decadence
Gothic Grotesques: Essays on Fantastic Literature
The Haunted Bookshop and Other Apparitions
Heterocosms: Science Fiction in Context and Practice
In the Flesh and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution
The Innsmouth Heritage and Other Sequels
Jaunting on the Scoriac Tempests and Other Essays on Fantastic Literature
The Moment of Truth: A Novel of the Future
News of the Black Feast and Other Random Reviews
An Oasis of Horror: Decadent Tales and Contes Cruels
Opening Minds: Essays on Fantastic Literature
Outside the Human Aquarium: Masters of Science Fiction, Second Edition
The Path of Progress and Other Black Melodramas
Slaves of the Death Spiders and Other Essays on Fantastic Literature
The Sociology of Science Fiction
Space, Time, and Infinity: Essays on Fantastic Literature
The Tree of Life and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution
Yesterday’s Bestsellers: A Voyage Through Literary History
Table of Contents
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION
THE INNSMOUTH HERITAGE
THE PICTURE
THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT ANTHONY
THE UGLY CYGNET
ART IN THE BLOOD
MR. BRIMSTONE AND DR. TREACLE
JEHAN THUN’S QUEST
THE IMMORTALS OF ATLANTIS
BETWEEN THE CHAPTERS
THREE VERSIONS OF A FABLE
THE TITAN UNWRECKED
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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