Fantasy London, Jack: Before Adam (illus). v1. 17 Oct 2022

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Before Adam is the story of a man who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid. The story offers a view of early human evolution. The majority of the story is told through the eyes of “Big-Tooth”, the man’s hominid alter ego, one of the Cave People. In addition to the Cave People, there are the more advanced Fire People, and the more animal-like Tree People.

Later scholars have noted strong eugenic themes in Before Adam.

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John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist, and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.

His most famous works are adventure stories set in in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, such as The Call of the Wild, White Fang, “To Build a Fire”, “An Odyssey of the North”, and “Love of Life”. He also wrote about the South Pacific and about adventures at sea. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction, and wrote tales of fantasy and mystery & suspense.

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Before Adam, by Jack London (1876–1916); illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull (1874–1932) was originally published in 1906. This book is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+90” or less, and in the USA.
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