"This is the first work to survey the myths created by the modern literary imagination about technology. " --Herbert Sussman "... succeeds admirably, fascinatingly on all counts... " --American Literature "... a landmark in the study of literary and technological history. " --NMAH "... fascinating... a welcome addition to the growing scholarship about the impact of technology on the modern imagination. " --Journal of Modern Literature Annual Review This book chronicles precisely how the flying machine helped to create two kinds of apocalyptic modes in modern literature.