Beyond The Great Oblivion

George Allan England (1877 - 1937) was an American writer and explorer, best known for his speculative and science fiction. He attended Harvard University and later in life unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Maine. England was a socialist and many of his works have socialist themes.Beyond the Great Oblivion (1913)Beyond the Great Oblivion, Allan and Beatrice discover the nature of the catastrophe that has destroyed civilization: a "bottomless" chasm where a huge portion of the Earth has been torn away to become a second moon. Alan and Beatrice earn the loyalty of the People of this Abyss and lead them from the chasm to New York. Google Books