political fiction

“Pirates of Venus“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. Pirates of Venus is a science fantasy novel, the first book in the Venus series. The events occur on a fictionalized version of the planet Venus, known as "Amtor" to its inhabitants. The novel contains elements of political satire aimed at co...

“Theft” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. Theft is a political piece set in Washington, DC. A Congressman, Howard Knox, is ready to reveal the corrupt practices of Anthony Starkweather, a wealthy industrialist. To complicate matters, Starkweather's daughter is helping...