This is the first work to survey the myths created by the modernliterary imagination about technology." -- HerbertSussman..". succeeds admirably, fascinatingly on allcounts... " -- American Literature..". a landmark inthe study of literary and technological history." --NMAH..". fascinating... a welcome addition to the growingscholarship about the impact of technology on the modern imagination." --Journal of Modern Literature Annual ReviewThis book chroniclesprecisely how the flying machine helped to create two kinds of apocalyptic modes inmodern literature.