Armageddon-2419 A.D.

Armag?ddon-2419 A. D. is a sci?nc? fiction nov?lla writt?n by Philip Francis Nowlan. This pion??ring work introduc?s r?ad?rs to Anthony Rog?rs, a charact?r who would lat?r b?com? iconic as Buck Rog?rs. Th? story is s?t in a futuristic world wh?r? Rog?rs, an Am?rican mining ?ngin??r, b?com?s trapp?d in a cav? and is ?xpos?d to a gas that plac?s him in susp?nd?d animation for n?arly fiv? c?nturi?s. Upon awak?ning in th? y?ar 2419, Rog?rs discov?rs a vastly transform?d Earth. Th? plan?t is now rul?d by th? sinist?r Han, a Mongol-lik? rac?, who hav? subj?ct?d humanity to th?ir tyrannical rul?. Arm?d with his knowl?dg? of 20th-c?ntury t?chnology and an unwav?ring s?ns? of justic?, Rog?rs b?com?s a h?roic figur? l?ading a r?b?llion against th? Han. Nowlan's nov?lla is c?l?brat?d for its introduction of th? conc?pt of a tim? skip, a narrativ? d?vic? that b?cam? a stapl? in sci?nc? fiction lit?ratur?. It also ?stablish?d Buck Rog?rs as on? of th? ?arli?st and most ?nduring spac?-faring h?ro?s, paving th? way for a rich l?gacy of books, comics, and adaptations. Armag?ddon-2419 A. D. is a thrilling tal? of adv?ntur?, r?sistanc?, and th? indomitabl? human spirit in th? fac? of oppr?ssiv? r?gim?s.