The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century

Eric J. Guignard, Jane Webb, Leslie S. Klinger , Eric J. Guignard

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English

Poisoned Pen Press
05 April 2022

Classic horror & ghost stories; Science Fiction; Political Sci-Fi

Series: Haunted Library Horror Classics

The mummy that started it all...

A chilling addition to the acclaimed Haunted Library of Horror Classics series, complete with annotations and extra materials

Within a decade of the 1818 publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, another Englishwoman invented a foundational work of science fiction. Seventeen-year-old Jane Webb Loudon took up the theme of reanimation, moved it three hundred years into the future, and applied it to Cheops, an ancient Egyptian mummy. Unlike Shelley's horrifying, death-dealing monster, this revivified creature bears the wisdom of the ages and is eager to share his insights with humanity. Cheops boards a hot-air balloon and travels to 22nd-century England, where he sets about remedying the ills of a corrupt government.

In recounting Cheops' attempts to put the futuristic society to rights, the young author offers a fascinating portrait of the preoccupations of her own era as well as some remarkably prescient predictions of technological advances. The Mummy! envisions a world in which automatons perform surgery, undersea tunnels connect England and Ireland, weather-control devices provide crop irrigation, and messages are transmitted with the speed of cannonball fire. The first novel to feature the concept of a living mummy, this pioneering tale offers an engaging mix of comedy, politics, and science fiction.

By: Jane Webb
Edited by: Eric J. Guignard, Leslie S. Klinger, Eric J. Guignard
Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 37mm
Weight: 578g
ISBN: 9781464215285
ISBN 10: 1464215286
Series: Haunted Library Horror Classics
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 05 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jane Webb (Jane C. Loudon, 1807-1858) was a British writer best known for creating the first popular gardening manuals. Born into a wealthy family, she was orphaned at the age of 17 and began writing to support herself. Her first major work, THE MUMMY! A TALE OF THE TWENTY-SECOND CENTURY was published anonymously in 1827 when she was twenty years old. Many believe that she was inspired by Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN, which had published less than a decade prior. THE MUMMY! is considered a pioneering work of science fiction, and the first English language story to feature a reanimated mummy.