Morlock Night
''Morlock Night'' is a science fiction novel by American writer K. W. Jeter. It was published in 1979. In a letter to ''Locus Magazine'' in April 1987, Jeter coined the word "steampunk" to describe it and other novels by James Blaylock and Tim Powers. ''Morlock Night'' uses the ideas of H. G. Wells in which the Morlocks of Wells' 1895 novella ''The Time Machine'' themselves use the device to travel back into the past and menace Victorian London. King Arthur and Merlin Merlin ( cy, Myrddin, kw, Marzhin, br, Merzhin) is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a mage, with several other main roles. His usual depiction, based on an amalgamation of historic and le ... appear as England's saviors. References Sources *''Worlds Enough and Time: Explorations of Time in Science Fiction and Fantasy ''by Gary Westfahl *''King Arthur's Modern Return (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) ''by Debra Mancoff (on page 8 and page ...
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1979 Science Fiction Novels
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