Philip Francis Nowlan (1888–1940)
Author of Armageddon 2419 A.D.
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Works by Philip Francis Nowlan
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Volume 1 (1929-1930) (2008) 27 copies, 1 review
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Volume 6 (1936-1938) (1984) 22 copies
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Volume 2 (1930-1932) (2009) 14 copies
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Volume 3 (1932-1934) (2009) 9 copies
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Volume 4 (1934-1935) (2010) 9 copies
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Volume 5 (1936-1938) (2011) 8 copies
Wings Over Tomorrow: The Collected Science Fiction of Philip Francis Nowlan (2005) 8 copies, 1 review
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Volume 7 (1938-1940) (2013) 6 copies
Buck Rogers 25th Century A. D. (1971 Limited Edition of 1,000 Copies) Collectors Edition 1931-32 (1971) 5 copies
The Adventures of Buck Rogers With over 150 pictures suitable for Coloring (A Whitman Big Big Book) (1934) 2 copies
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Volume 8: 1940-1941 (2013) 2 copies
Space Guards 1 copy
BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY (Armageddon 2419 Ad; The Airlords Of Han) & THE PRINCE OF MARS RETURN (Timeless Wisdom… (2014) — Author — 1 copy
BUCK ROGERS 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Nowlan, Philip Francis
- Other names
- Nowlan, Phil
Phillips, Frank - Birthdate
- 1888-11-13
- Date of death
- 1940-02-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, USA
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania
- Occupations
- newspaper columnist
comic strip writer-artist
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Statistics
- Works
- 36
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 838
- Popularity
- #30,496
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 16
- ISBNs
- 91
- Languages
- 4
In 1928, 2 stories appeared in the magazine Amazing Stories. Those stories, Armageddon 2419 and The Airlords of Han, were the begging of the legend of Buck Rogers.
In this novel, by Philip Francis Nolan, the two original stories are brought together in Armageddon 2419- The Seminal "Buck Rogers" Novel.
I had a lot of fun reading this book. I have little experience with Buck Rogers besides reading some comic strips and comic books. I never saw the show on TV- just didn't watch much of any TV back in those days.
Some of the writing is very detailed especially when describing battles (I scanned through some of that) but I enjoyed the trajectory of the story. I appreciate that the stories originated in the latter 1920's so am not offended by some of the racial descriptions of the Han... very Chinese-like. I found it interesting each time the American's were referred to as a 'race'. In fact, that the people of the different countries were all considered different races.
The ingenuity of the American's was very on point for the time period. How even when they were beaten down nearly to extinction by the evil Han, they were able to come back and create and invent many things to improve their circumstances.
If you are looking for a deep "sci-fi" book, this isn't for you.
If you are looking for a fun read and a generally feel good book, I think you will enjoy this.… (more)