Doyle, Arthur Conan,  1859-1930 <br/><br/>
Danger! and Other Stories 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger!_and_Other_Stories  Release date is 2007-08-19 
<br/><br/>Danger! Being the log of Captain John Sirius -- One crowded hour -- A point of view -- The fall of Lord Barrymore -- The horror of the heights (which includes the manuscript known as the Joyce-Armstrong fragment) -- Borrowed scenes -- The surgeon of Gaster Fell -- How it happened -- The prisoner's defence -- Three of them: A chat about children, snakes, and zebus; About cricket; Speculations; The leatherskin tribe. 
<br/><br/>Transcribed from the 1918 John Murray edition by David Price  Transcribed from the 1918 John Murray edition by David Price 
<br/><br/> "Danger! and Other Stories" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a collection of short stories published in 1918. The title story, written before World War I, depicts a fictional nation using submarine warfare to blockade Britain, forcing the country into starvation and surrender. This prescient tale eerily predicted Germany's U-boat strategy and reportedly influenced German naval thinking. The collection also includes "The Horror of the Heights," a science fiction piece about deadly invisible creatures dwelling in the upper atmosphere, alongside other tales of mystery and adventure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Science fiction Short stories, English 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR