Edison's Conquest of Mars
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Set in a future where humanity has reached space, the novel was published in 1898 as a sequel to an unauthorized adaptation of H. G. Wells's "The War of the Worlds." It depicts a conflict between Earth and Mars, with Thomas Edison at the forefront of Earth's military response. The story describes the development of advanced technologies, including anti-gravity ships and disintegration rays, which are used to assemble an armada for a counter-attack against the Martians. The narrative reflects the era's fascination with scientific progress and the possibilities of space exploration, within the context of late 19th-century science fiction.
The novel is notable for its early depiction of concepts such as space suits and asteroid mining, and it is considered an influential work in American science fiction. Serviss aimed to present a technologically plausible scenario of interplanetary warfare, blending adventure with speculative science. It remains a significant example of turn-of-the-century science fiction literature, illustrating the era's optimistic view of technological innovation and human ingenuity.
The novel is notable for its early depiction of concepts such as space suits and asteroid mining, and it is considered an influential work in American science fiction. Serviss aimed to present a technologically plausible scenario of interplanetary warfare, blending adventure with speculative science. It remains a significant example of turn-of-the-century science fiction literature, illustrating the era's optimistic view of technological innovation and human ingenuity.
From the opening pages
The special contents of this volume are copyright 1947 by CARCOSA HOUSE. FIRST EDITION [Transcriber's note: This is a Rule 6 Clearance. PG has not been able to find a U.S. Copyright Renewal] DEDICATED to GARRETT PUTMAN SERVISS A COSMOPOLITE IN TIME 1851-1929 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER SIX The Monsters on the Asteroid CHAPTER EIGHT "The Martians are Coming!" CHAPTER THIRTEEN There Were Giants in the Earth CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Flood Gates of Mars CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Fearful Oaths of Colonel Smith Bibliography "Like men, and yet not like men...." ILLUSTRATIONS "Like men, and yet not like men...." "... rising out of the shadow of the globe...." "A consultation in Wizard Edison's laboratory...." "Through this the meteor had passed...." "... the ruins of ... an ancient watch tower." "... another of our ships ... was destroyed." "Two of the Martians were stretched dead upon the ground." "He might have been a match for twenty of us." "... he proceeded to teach us ... words of his language." "... approaching from the eastward a large airship...." "... a human being here on Mars!" "The gigantic statue of their leader is THE GREAT SPHINX!" "It was a panic of giants." These illustrations are a selection of the best from the original newspaper installments and were redrawn for this volume by Bernard Manley, Jr., of Chicago, Illinois. INTRODUCTION If you picked up a magazine and read in it a story mentioning a passenger-carrying rocket driven by atomic power furnished by a substance prepared from uranium, you probably would not be greatly surprised. After all, such an invention is today but a step or two ahead of cold fact. But you might be surprised to learn that if this story was A Columbus of Space , the one I happen to have in mind, your grand-parents may well have read it before you were born—for A Columbus of Space was published in All-Story magazine in 1909, thirty years before the potentialities of U235 were realized, and nearly forty before the atomic bomb became a problem for people to think about. Did the author of this story simply make a lucky shot in the dark? Perhaps; but let me tell those who are inclined to think so that he was a Carnegie lecturer, a member of half-a-dozen learned societies, one of the first to write a book on Einstein's theory of relativity, and an internationally known…
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