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What if you wake from a sleep in a mine to find your country conquered and its people hiding in forests?
Anthony Rogers enters an old mine as a surveyor and wakes almost five centuries later. It is 2419, and America is no longer the country he knows. In Philip Francis Nowlan’s science fiction adventure, the former officer finds a scattered people struggling to survive beneath the power of the Han, who command the cities and skies.
Among the forest fighters, Rogers meets Wilma Deering, a skilled scout who helps him understand this strange age. Rocket guns, jumping belts and airships reshape the battlefield. Yet the resistance needs more than weapons. Rogers brings his military experience to a struggle in which freedom depends on hidden bands learning how to fight back.
What you’ll discover
- A hero’s first adventure Meet Anthony Rogers in the tale that begins the adventures of Buck Rogers.
- A country turned strange Explore a future America where conquered cities stand apart from forests sheltering resistance fighters.
- Wilma Deering in action Follow a trained fighter and scout who joins Rogers in the struggle.
- Weapons that change warfare Discover rocket guns and belts that let fighters float above the ground.
- A soldier’s direct account See the conflict through Rogers’s eyes as he weighs weapons, tactics and survival.
Who will love it
Readers who enjoy early pulp science fiction, inventive gadgets like antigravity belts, and rousing adventure. It also suits anyone curious about the roots of Buck Rogers and of later space adventure stories.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A mine collapse sends Rogers across centuries
- Wilma Deering shows him a hidden America
- Life in the forest gangs is rustic and fierce
- One lucky shot brings down a Han airship
- Hart sets a trap in the valley
- A raid on Nu-yok and a new leader
- Themes of freedom, hatred and the cycle of power
Who’s who
- Anthony RogersA man of 1927 who sleeps for 492 years, wakes in the forests of 2419, and uses his First World War skills to help America fight back.
- Wilma DeeringA young scout of the Wyoming Gang who comes to believe Rogers as she listens, guides him through the new world and fights beside him.
- Bill HearnA Camp Boss and raid planner who befriends Rogers and works with him to turn the idea of the barrage into a plan.
- Gerdi MannA red-haired girl from Wilma's camp, loved by Bill Hearn, who stays close to him in the first Han air raid.
- Mort GibbonsThe best swooper pilot of the Wyomings, who flies the raid on Nu-yok and keeps his nerve under Han fire.
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Armageddon—2419 A.D.
by Philip Francis Nowlan · 1928
A mining engineer wakes after five centuries to find America hunted in its forests by sky lords.
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What if you fell asleep in a collapsed mine in 1927 and woke in a world five centuries on? Anthony Rogers does, in this short science fiction novel by Philip Francis Nowlan, first printed in 1928.
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A mine collapse sends Rogers across centuries
Anthony Rogers is a veteran of the First World War who works for a company that studies radioactive gas. In December 1927 he goes into an abandoned coal mine in Pennsylvania with two assistants. The story is told by Rogers himself, looking back from old age.
The rotted timbers give way, and the avalanche buries his companions. Rogers is trapped, and the gas in the shaft makes him lose consciousness. He believes he sleeps a few hours, but the gas holds him in suspended animation for 492 years.
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What is Armageddon 2419 A.D. about?
A man from 1927 is trapped in a Pennsylvania mine, sleeps for nearly five centuries, and wakes to find America ruled by Han Airlords. He joins forest clans who prepare to rise against them.
Who is Wilma Deering?
Wilma is the scout who finds Rogers soon after he wakes. She belongs to the Wyoming Gang, believes his story, guides him through the new world, and becomes his wife and partner in the war.
What are inertron and ultron?
They are two synthetic substances of the story. Ultron is invisible and carries light, heat and electricity, while inertron weighs nothing and shields against rays. Inertron makes the jumping and floating belts possible.
The author
Philip Francis Nowlan
1888–1940 · American science fiction writer
Philip Francis Nowlan (1888–1940) was an American science fiction writer who lived in Philadelphia. His novella Armageddon—2419 A.D. appeared in 1928, followed by The Airlords of Han in 1929. He created Buck Rogers and wrote for the Buck Rogers newspaper comic strip, which began in 1929.
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