Author:Morgan Robertson

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Morgan Robertson
(1861–1915)

American author of short stories and novels, and the self-claimed inventor of the periscope; best remembered for his nautical fiction.

Morgan Robertson

Works[edit]

  • Spun-Yarn (1898, Harper & Bros, NY)
    • The Slumber of a Soul: A Tale of a Mate and a Cook — The Survival of the Fittest — A Creature of Circumstance — The Derelict "Neptune" — Honor Among Thieves
  • Where Angels Fear to Tread and Other Stories of the Sea (1899)
    • Where Angels Fear to Tread — The Brain of the Battle-Ship — The Wigwag Message — The Trade-Wind — Salvage — Between the Millstones — The Battle of the Monsters — From the Royal-Yard Down — Needs Must When the Devil Drives — When Greek Meets Greek — Primordial
  • Spun Yarn (1900, Grant Richards, London)
    • Where Angels Fear to Tread — The Brain of the Battle-Ship — The Wigwag Message — The Trade-Wind — Salvage — Between the Millstones — The Battle of the Monsters — From the Royal-Yard Down — Needs Must When the Devil Drives — When Greek Meets Greek — Primordial — The Slumber of a Soul: A Tale of a Mate and a Cook — The Survival of the Fittest — A Creature of Circumstance — The Derelict 'Neptune' — Honour Among Thieves
  • Masters of Men (1901)
    • Book I - The Age of Stone — Book II - The Age of Iron — Book III - Barbarism
    • Book IV - Civilization
  • Sinful Peck (1903) (novel)
  • Land Ho! (1896–1905)
    • The Dollar — The Ship-Owner — The Wave — The Cook and the Captain — The Line of Least Resistance — The Lobster — On Board The 'Athol' — The Magnetized Man — The Mistake — The Submarine Destroyer — The Dancer — On the Rio Grande
  • Down to the Sea (1905) IA
    • The Closing of the Circuit — A Cow, Two Men, and a Parson — The Rivals — A Chemical Comedy — A Hero Of The Cloth — The Subconscious Finnegan — The Torpedo — The Submarine — Fifty Fathoms Down — The Enemies — The Vitality of Dennis — The Helix — The Shark — The Mutiny
  • Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan (1914)
    • Futility (1898, revised 1912 as The Wreck of the Titan) (novella)
    • The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility (1912) (novella) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
    • The Pirates
    • Beyond the Spectrum
    • In the Valley of the Shadow
  • The Grain Ship, (1914)
    • The Grain Ship — From the Darkness and the Depths — Noah's Ark — The Finishing Touch — The Rock — The Argonauts — The Married Man — The Triple Alliance — Shovels and Bricks — Extracts from Noah's Logs
  • Three Laws and the Golden Rule (1914)
    • The Three Laws and the Golden Rule (novella/novelette) — The Americans — Dignity — The Honeymoon Ship — The Third Mate — Through the Deadlight — The Hairy Devil — The Slumber of a Soul — Honor Among Thieves —The Survival of the Fittest — A Creature of Circumstance
  • Over the Border (1914)
    • The Last Battleship — Absolute Zero — Over the Border — The Fire Worshiper — The Baby — The Grinding of the Mills — The Equation — The Twins — The Brothers — Kimset — The Mate of His Soul — The Voices — The Sleep Walker

Short works from magazines[edit]

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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