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The Battle of Dorking

short story by Chesney

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    In science fiction: Mass markets and juvenile science fiction

    …in George Chesney’s short story The Battle of Dorking (1871). First published in Blackwood’s Magazine, The Battle of Dorking darkly postulated a Prussian defeat of a poorly armed, weak, and unwary Britain and established the military techno-thriller. Chesney used his urgent narrative of the near future to warn against what…

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