Jack London's 'A Thousand Deaths'

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Jack London was a lifelong dreamer. The first money he ever received as a professional writer was for the science fiction story "A Thousand Deaths" printed by The Black Cat in 1899. Thirteen of his 188 published short stories and four of his twenty-two novels fall willingly into the category, and other stories contain fantastic elements.

London explored numerous styles of science fiction: pre-history, apocalyptic catastrophe, future war, scientific dystopias, and technocratic dream land. Running through most stories are the ideas of social evolution, racialism, and anti-capitalism. In some stories, London highlights "social science fiction," the problems of society, particularly the misuse of workers and the greediness of capitalism.

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