More Research

[ffutures]

To the British Library again, where I had a look at Robert William Cole's other books, which are even more obscure than The Struggle For Empire. I was hoping that one or more would be another scientific romance, but no such luck. Quick synopses (bearing in mind that I skimmed them fairly quickly):

His Other Self: The Story of a Man with a Past -

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[whswhs]

The Artificial Girl sounds like a perfect high concept for an anime series. If I learned that someone had made one I wouldn't be at all surprised.

[ffutures]

I've seen variants on the idea elsewhere - see e.g.

the farce Charley's Aunt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley's_Aunt

The movie Some Like It Hot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Like_It_Hot

And this picture, which is from a similar story I saw in a 1902 magazine