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• The Great Pacific War: A History of the American-Japanese Campaign of 1931-1933 (originally published 1925; reprinted Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, ca. 2001), by Hector C. Bywater (multiple formats at Google)
• The Crystal Crypt (as published in Planet Stories, January 1954), by Philip K. Dick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Tunnel Thru the Air: or, Looking Back From 1940 (New York: Financial Guardian Pub. Co., c1927), by William D. Gann (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Battle for the Pacific; and Other Adventures at Sea (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1908), contrib. by Rowan Stevens, Yates Sterling, William J. Henderson, George Ethelbert Walsh, Kirk Munroe, Frank H. Spearman, Harold Martin, Owen Hall, and Julian Ralph (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Battle of Dorking, by George Tomkyns Chesney (HTML at Gutenberg Australia)
• The Battle of Dorking (with a contextual introduction; London: G. Richards, 1914), by George Tomkyns Chesney, contrib. by G. H. Powell
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Battle of the Swash and the Capture of Canada (New York: C. T. Dillingham, c1888), by Samuel Barton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Berlin-Bagdad: Das Deutsche Weltreich im Zeitalter der Luftschiffahrt, 1910-1931 (in German; Stuttgart and Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1907), by Rudolf Emil Martin (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Coming Conflict of Nations, or, The Japanese-American War: A Narrative (Springfield, IL: H. W. Rokker, c1909), by Ernest Hugh Fitzpatrick (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Coming Conquest of England, by August Niemann, trans. by John Henry Freese (Gutenberg text)
• The Conquest of America: A Romance of Disaster and Victory: U.S.A., 1921 A.D. (1916), by Cleveland Moffett (Gutenberg text)
• Deutschland und der Nächste Krieg (6th edition, in German; Stuttgart and Berlin: J. G. Cotta, 1913), by Friedrich von Bernhardi
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The Final War (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896), by Louis Tracy (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Four Days War, by S. Fowler Wright (HTML at sfw.org.uk)
• Germany and the Next War (1912), by Friedrich von Bernhardi, trans. by Allen H. Powles (Gutenberg text)
• The Great Naval War of 1887 (second edition; London: Hatchards, ca. 1887), by W. Laird Clowes (multiple formats at Google; US access only)
• The Great War of 189-: A Forecast (London: W. Heinemann, 1895), by P. H. Colomb, John Frederick Maurice, F. N. Maude, Archibald Forbes, Charles Lowe, David Christie Murray, and Francis Scudamore, illust. by Frederic Villiers (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Hindenburg's March into London, Being a Translation From the German Original (London: John Long, 1916), by Paul Georg Münch, ed. by L. G. Redmond-Howard (multiple formats at archive.org)
• How John Bull Lost London: or, The Capture of the Channel Tunnel (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882), by Grip
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Last Great Naval War: An Historical Retrospect (dated in an imaginary 1930, by "A. Nelson Seaforth"; London et al.: Cassell and Co., 1891), by George Sydenham Clarke, Baron Sydenham of Combe
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Prelude in Prague, by S. Fowler Wright (HTML at sfw.org.uk)
• The Yellow Danger (second edition; London: Grant Richards, 1898), by M. P. Shiel (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Yellow Peril in Action: A Possible Chapter in History, Dedicated to the Men Who Train and Direct the Men Behind the Guns (San Francisco: Britton and Rey, printers, 1907), by Marsden Manson (page images at HathiTrust)
• After the Battle of Dorking: or, What Became of the Invaders! (London: G. Maddick, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Battle Off Worthing: Why the Invaders Never Got to Dorking; A Prophecy, by a Captain of the Royal Navy (London: London Literary Society, 1887)
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Captain of the "Mary Rose": A Tale of To-Morrow (third edition; London: Tower, 1894), by W. Laird Clowes, illust. by Edoardo Martino and Fred T. Jane (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Great Red Dragon: or, The Flaming Devil of the Orient (published under "Lord Chester" pen name; Estero, FL: Guiding Star Publishing House, 1909), by Koresh (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Second Armada: A Chapter of Future History, Being a Reply to The German Conquest of England in 1875, and Battle of Dorking (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, ca. 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
• What Happened After the Battle of Dorking (attributed to Sone by Halkett and Laing; New York: G. Routledge and Sons, 1871), by Charles John Stone (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Oblique Approach (included on a Baen CD image), by David Drake and Eric Flint
  • zipped CD ISO at thefifthimperium.com; 191 MB
  • zipped CD files at thefifthimperium.com; 192 MB

• Torch of Freedom (included on a Baen CD image; c2009), by David Weber and Eric Flint
  • zipped CD ISO at thefifthimperium.com; 317 MB
  • zipped CD files at thefifthimperium.com; 318 MB
• A Desert Called Peace (c2007), by Tom Kratman (HTML with commentary at baenebooks.com)
• Imperium (included on a Baen CD image; c2005), by Keith Laumer, ed. by Eric Flint
  • zipped CD ISO at thefifthimperium.com; 196 MB
  • zipped CD files at thefifthimperium.com; 195 MB
• Eye of the Storm (included on a Baen CD image; c2009), by John Ringo
  • zipped CD ISO at thefifthimperium.com; 297 MB
  • zipped CD files at thefifthimperium.com; 300 MB
• Honor of the Clan (included on the Eye of the Storm Baen CD image; c2009), by John Ringo and Julie Cochrane
  • zipped CD ISO at thefifthimperium.com; 297 MB
  • zipped CD files at thefifthimperium.com; 300 MB
• The Misplaced Battleship (as published in Astounding, April 1960), by Harry Harrison, illust. by John Schoenherr (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• There Will Be Dragons (2003), by John Ringo (multiple formats at Baen Free Library)
• The Big Time (as published in Galaxy Magazine, 1958), by Fritz Leiber, illust. by Virgil Finlay (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance (New York: A and C Boni, 1926), by Eric Rücker Eddison, contrib. by James Branch Cabell and James Stephens, illust. by Keith Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Blake of the "Rattlesnake", or, The Man Who Saved England: A Story of Torpedo Warfare in 189- (London: Tower Pub. Co., 1895), by Fred T. Jane
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Celestial Hand: A Sensational Story (Sydney et al.: J. C. MacCartie and Co., 1903), by Joyce Vincent
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Doctor Jones' Picnic (San Francisco: Whitaker and Ray Co., c1898), by S. E. Chapman
  • Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Fall of the Great Republic (includes fictional title page attributing book to "Sir Henry Standish Coverdale" in 1895; Boston: Roberts Bros., 1885), by Abner Hitchcock (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Great War in England in 1897 (11th edition; London: Tower Pub. Co., 1895), by William Le Queux, illust. by Cyril Field and T. S. C. Crowther
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Invasion (London: G. Newnes, n.d.), by William Le Queux (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Invasion (credited on title page to the narrator, "W. H. Walker"; Sydney: Turner and Henderson, 1877), by George Ranken
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The Invasion of 1910, With a Full Account of the Siege of London (London: E. Nash, 1906), by William Le Queux and Herbert Wrigley Wilson, contrib. by Frederick Sleigh Lord Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Phantom Army: Being The Story of a Man And a Mystery (London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1898), by Max Pemberton
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Recollections of The Late War with Canada, by One of the Survivors (Concord, NH: Republican Press Assoc., 1889), by Frank W. Rollins (page images at HathiTrust)
• The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells
  • HTML at Fourmilab
  • HTML at Bartleby
• The World Masters (London: J. Long, 1903), by George Chetwynd Griffith (Gutenberg text)
• The World Set Free, by H. G. Wells (Gutenberg text)
• The Worm Ouroboros, by Eric Rücker Eddison, illust. by Keith Henderson (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance (London: J. Cape, c1922), by Eric Rücker Eddison, illust. by Keith Henderson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance (new and cheaper edition; London: J. Cape, 1924), by Eric Rücker Eddison, illust. by Keith Henderson
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Yellow Wave (London: Ward, Lock, and Co., 1905), by M. P. Shiel, illust. by Henry Austin
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Changer of Worlds, by David Weber (multiple formats at freedoors.org)
• The Dragon (London: G. Richards, 1913), by M. P. Shiel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Fall of a Nation: A Sequel to The Birth of a Nation (New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1916), by Thomas Dixon, illust. by Charles L. Wrenn
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The New Centurion: A Tale Of Automatic War (London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1895), by James Eastwick
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Unpardonable War (New York and London: Macmillan, 1904), by James Barnes
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Grand Canyon (c1942), by V. Sackville-West (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• What May Happen in the Next 90 Days: The Disruption of the United States, or the Origin of the Second Civil War (New York, 1877)
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

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