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The Poison BeltArthur Conan Doyle

The Poison Belt

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Original author: Arthur Conan Doyle

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"The Poison Belt" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a science fiction novel written in 1913. Professor Challenger summons his companions to his Sussex home with urgent instructions to bring oxygen. He has discovered that Earth is moving into a belt of poisonous ether that threatens to suffocate all life. Sealed in a single room with oxygen cylinders, the group watches helplessly as the world outside succumbs to the deadly phenomenon, leaving them to face an uncertain fate.

The Poison Belt, by Arthur Conan Doyle. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #126.

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