By: Joseph Conrad and Ford M. Hueffer

“They’re a bit splitty, the Ministry, I mean.…”

By: Joseph Conrad and Ford M. Hueffer

“I half relished the idea of getting into a mess…”

By: Joseph Conrad and Ford M. Hueffer

His eyes were disconcertingly furtive.

By: Joseph Conrad and Ford M. Hueffer

“A race clear-sighted, eminently practical, incredible…”

By: Raymond Roussel

“A device that moved back and forth constantly, he decide, ought to produce… a mosaic.”

By: Raymond Roussel

“As we neared the demoiselle, we could hear the ticking sounds it was emitting.”

By: Raymond Roussel

“Spread out, over a fairly large area, were human teeth.”

By: Perley Poore Sheehan and Robt. H. Davis

Come — to — my — iron — arms!

By: Perley Poore Sheehan and Robt. H. Davis

Are you not grateful to Science?

By: Perley Poore Sheehan and Robt. H. Davis

“Blessed — are — they — that — mourn.”

By: Perley Poore Sheehan and Robt. H. Davis

Little more than half a man.

By: Perley Poore Sheehan and Robt. H. Davis

A telephonic ear, a telescopic eye!

By: Perley Poore Sheehan and Robt. H. Davis

Something of a shock — to civilisation!

By: Perley Poore Sheehan and Robt. H. Davis

No longer a bungling, mortal man — but a beautiful, efficient machine!

By: Perley Poore Sheehan and Robt. H. Davis

He is fifty per cent. human and fifty per cent. machine.