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100 1 _aHansen, L. Taylor
_q(Lucile Taylor),
_d1897-1976
245 1 4 _aThe Undersea Tube
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aFirst published in Amazing Stories November 1929 and was produced from Amazing Stories May 1961.
500 _aRelease date is 2008-12-25
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Undersea Tube" by L. Taylor Hansen is a science fiction narrative originally published in the magazine "Amazing Stories" in the late 1920s. The book revolves around the ambitious engineering project of an undersea railroad designed to connect major cities across the Atlantic Ocean. The story unfolds as the protagonist recounts the catastrophic disaster involving the Tube, probing into the engineering marvels, safety concerns, and the eerie discoveries made during the construction. The plot follows the sole survivor of a disastrous journey through the Undersea Tube who grapples with the events leading up to the catastrophe. In the narrative, the protagonist's friend, an engineer, expresses grave concerns about the safety of the Tube due to a crack caused by an earthquake fault. As he travels through the Tube, a series of catastrophic events leads to the train's destruction, launching him into a surreal underground world filled with a mystical city and an ancient past. Amidst the chaos, the protagonist encounters a child fleeing from lava and a mysterious elderly man, further intertwining the lines between reality and a dream-like adventure. The tale poses questions about ambition, the consequences of human innovation, and the enduring mysteries of lost civilizations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
700 1 _aWessolowski, Hans Waldemar,
_d1894?-1948
830 0 _aFirst published in Amazing Stories November 1929 and was produced from Amazing Stories May 1961.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27609
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