W. H. C. Lawrence was a

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writer remembered as the author of the late 19th century novel, ''Storm of '92'', published in 1889, which posited the scenario of Canada winning a war against the

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. Eighty-five years later, in 1974, another Canadian author,

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revisited the theme in his novel, ''Ultimatum''.

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''Storm of '92'' evaluated at the ''Fantastic Toronto'' website as "boring, banal propaganda written to boost the British Empire"
* ttps://openlibrary.org/b/OL21675481M/storm_of_'92 ''Storm of '92'' at the Open Library* Canadian science fiction writers Year of birth missing Year of death missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{sf-writer-stub