The Heads of Cerberus (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Gertrude Barrows Bennett
- First Published: 1919
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—dystopia
- Time of Work: 1918 and 2118
- Setting: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Dystopian fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Future, 1910’s, Pennsylvania, Time travel, Philadelphia, Totalitarianism
- Locales: Philadelphia, PA
The Plot
Reduced to desperation by dishonest enemies, Robert Drayton attempts unsuccessfully to burglarize a house in Philadelphia. To his embarrassment, Drayton meets an old friend, Terence Trenmore, who by chance is staying in the house. Trenmore proves to be both understanding and compassionate, and soon he is showing Drayton an odd crystal vial filled with a strange dust reported to be from Purgatory. Trenmore accidentally inhales some of the dust and vanishes, followed soon by his lovely sister Viola and by a guilt- driven Drayton.
The three regain consciousness in...
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