by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Science Fiction · Discovery · Reason vs the Supernatural
Abstract
Professor Challenger and journalist Malone investigate a Latvian inventor’s claim to have built a machine that can disintegrate and reassemble matter, a weapon he intends to sell to a hostile foreign power, until Challenger turns the invention on its treacherous creator.
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Forms & Genres: Science Fiction, Short Story Themes & Concepts: Power and Corruption, Critique of Progress, Greed and Money, Reason and Rationalism, Materialism, Economics Motifs: Machine, Uncanny Settings: London Characters: Professor Challenger Archetypes: Hero, Villain