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Audiobooks by Philip Francis Nowlan
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"The original Buck Rogers story — a man awakens five centuries in the future and becomes the spark of humanity’s last resistance.
When 20th-century mining engineer Anthony Rogers is trapped underground in a radioactive gas explosion, he expects death.
Instead, he wakes in the year 2419 — in a world transformed beyond recognition.
America has fallen.
The Han empire rules the skies with overwhelming force, and the scattered remnants of humanity fight to survive in hidden wilderness strongholds.
Thrust into a war he never imagined, Rogers must learn to navigate advanced technologies, guerrilla tactics, and a civilization rebuilt in the shadows. Alongside the fierce and determined Wilma Deering, he joins a rebel movement preparing to rise against tyranny.
What begins as a personal awakening soon becomes humanity’s battle for liberation — and the dawn of a legend.
A visionary tale of resistance, innovation, and hope, Armageddon—2419 A.D. blends retro-future imagination with timeless adventure. This is the birth of the American sci-fi hero archetype — reimagined here in a gripping, cinematic performance by Chikondi Chanthunya.
The future may be lost… unless one man can change it."
"Step into the smoky haze of early 20th-century New York City, where law and crime are two sides of the same tarnished coin. The Girl from Nowhere introduces us to Scott Duvenney, the city's premier criminal defense attorney—charming, cunning, and completely captivated by the enigmatic Edna Raalhof. But Edna is no ordinary woman; her mysterious origins and elusive intentions leave Scott endlessly intrigued. As he strives to win her heart, he unwittingly gets tangled in her hidden agenda.
Is Edna merely an innocent bystander, or is she entangled with the enigmatic Wildcat Casey—a secret agent as confounding to law enforcement as he is to the criminal underworld? Unlock the secrets and unravel the mysteries in this riveting tale where affection and deception are woven together in a tapestry of intrigue.
Who is the girl from nowhere? And what game is she playing?
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Written by Philip Francis Nowlan, an American science fiction writer, best known as the creator of Buck Rogers, penned in the novella Armageddon 2419 A.D.
Music by David Renda. Cover art by Mind Pixell"
"The original Buck Rogers novella from 1928, narrated by science fiction author Scott Reeves.
Mining engineer Anthony Rogers is trapped by a mine collapse and falls into a state of suspended animation due to the presence of radioactive gases. He awakens nearly five hundred years later, to a United States that has been conquered by the Chinese. Using his 20th-century military knowledge, he helps the down-trodden Americans take back their country."
"Nowlan's novella tells about the United States in the 25th century, conquered by Hans in 2109 AD and only now beginning to rebel. Sometime after World War I, nearly all the European powers joined forces against the United States. Although the US won the war, both sides were devastated by the conflict. Taking advantage of the chaos that followed, the 'Russian Soviets' (Soviet Union) joined forces with the 'Mongolians' to take over Europe. The US collapsed economically and stagnated while the Hans turned against the Russians and defeated them as part of their campaign of world conquest."
"Armageddon—2419 A.D. is the first appearance of the character that would become Buck Rogers. First published in the August 1928 issue of Amazing Stories, followed by a sequel in March 1929. These two novellas would spawn a comic strip that would run for over 40 years, a radio series, a movie serial, and a bevy of imitators. (Summary by Alan Winterrowd)"
"It is 2420 A.D., one year after mining engineer Anthony 'Buck' Rogers awoke from nearly 500 years of suspended animation. The down-trodden Americans have their Han overlords on the run, and victory seems near. But then Rogers is captured, and the Hans try to wring out his secrets - secrets which could send the American war effort crashing to an ignominious defeat.
The Airlords of Han is the amazing sequel to Armageddon 2419 A.D."
"Elsewhere I have set down, for whatever interest they have in this, the 25th Century, my personal recollections of the 20th Century. Now it occurs to me that my memoirs of the 25th Century may have an equal interest 500 years from now—particularly in view of that unique perspective from which I have seen the 25th Century, entering it as I did, in one leap across a gap of 492 years. This statement requires elucidation. There are still many in the world who are not familiar with my unique experience. Five centuries from now there may be many more, especially if civilization is fated to endure any worse convulsions than those which have occurred between 1975 A.D. and the present time. I should state therefore, that I, Anthony Rogers, am, so far as I know, the only man alive whose normal span of eighty-one years of life has been spread over a period of 573 years. To be precise, I lived the first twenty-nine years of my life between 1898 and 1927; the other fifty-two since 2419. The gap between these two, a period of nearly five hundred years, I spent in a state of suspended animation, free from the ravages of katabolic processes, and without any apparent effect on my physical or mental faculties. (Summary from the Foreword)"
"Airlords of Han is the 2nd Buck Rogers story, the sequel to Armageddon 2419 A.D.. Anthony Rogers takes the fight to free 25th Century America to the Han overlords. From the March, 1929 issue of Amazing Stories. (Summary by Alan Winterrowd)"
"Listen to Armageddon 2419 AD with a movie-style soundtrack and amplify your audiobook experience.
Armageddon-2419 A.D. is the first appearance of the character that would become Buck Rogers. First published in the August 1928 issue of Amazing Stories, followed by a sequel in March 1929. These two novellas would spawn a comic strip that would run for over 40 years, a radio series, a movie serial, and a bevy of imitators."
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