Edison's conquest of Mars

The Original 1898 Sequel to The War of the Worlds

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Pocketbok, 272 sidor

Publicerades av Apogee Books.

ISBN:
978-0-9738203-0-0
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Includes the complete unabridged version as originally published in the Boston Post in 1898. Also includes an extensive Foreword and Afterword by Robert Godwin, space historian and Space Curator of the Canadian Air & Space Museum, explaining the historical significance of this book, specifically as it relates to rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard. Also includes all of the original illustrations, restored from the Boston Post and a supplement including the illustrations from the New York Sun, as well as the original correspondence between Garrett Serviss and Thomas Edison.

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recenserade Edison's conquest of Mars av Garrett Putman Serviss

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Intriguing but disappointing. Serviss does come up with a lot of concepts that are, if not entirely brand-new to SF, then at least new enough to feel really innovative. And the sheer lunacy of the plot paired with the dry journalistic I-swear-I'm-an-actual-scientist prose does lead to some chuckles. But the complete lack of any characters whatsoever, the tendency to solve any problem by simply having Edison magically invent something like he's Dr Snuggles, and the... shall we say less-than-well-aged discourse on the supremacy of the Aryan race really drag it down.