About this book
The Log of the Flying Fish by Harry Collingwood launches listeners into a rollicking tale of invention, exploration, and daring that helped shape early science fiction and adventure fiction. Set in the spirit of late-Victorian curiosity, Professor von Schalckenberg unveils the Flying Fish—an extraordinary craft made of aetherium that can rise like an airship and plunge like a submarine—then gathers bold English companions for globe-spanning exploits.
As a work of adventure and sea stories, the narrative moves from the cozy confines of London’s Migrants’ Club to the polar ice, remote African landscapes, and the heights of Everest, all while teasing archaeological surprises and nautical peril. Collingwood blends technical imagination with maritime bravura, celebrating camaraderie, courage, and the era’s faith in scientific progress—while reflecting the imperial attitudes of its time. The prose brims with vivid set-pieces: icebound encounters, underwater tension, and high-altitude hazards, delivered at a brisk, page-turning pace.
Perfect for fans of classic adventure, vintage science fiction, and seafaring yarns, this audiobook is ideal for listeners who enjoy imaginative technology, exploratory spirit, and old-fashioned thrills on land, sea, and sky.
