A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future

Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future by John Jacob Astor IV, Otbebookpublishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: John Jacob Astor IV ISBN: 9783958648937
Publisher: Otbebookpublishing Publication: October 24, 2017
Imprint: Otbebookpublishing Language: English
Author: John Jacob Astor IV
ISBN: 9783958648937
Publisher: Otbebookpublishing
Publication: October 24, 2017
Imprint: Otbebookpublishing
Language: English

The book offers a fictional account of life in the year 2000. It contains abundant speculation about technological invention, including descriptions of a worldwide telephone network, solar power, air travel, space travel to the planets Saturn and Jupiter, and terraforming engineering projects — damming the Arctic Ocean, and adjusting the Earth's axial tilt (by the Terrestrial Axis Straightening Company). In Astor's novel, the future United States is a multi-continental superpower. European nations have been taken over by socialist governments, which have sold most of their African colonies to the U.S.; and Canada, Mexico, and the countries of South America have requested annexation. Race conflict is a thing of the past, since the "dark elements" of the American hegemony have died out. Space travel is achieved through apergy, an anti-gravitational energy force. Jupiter proves to be a jungle world, with flesh-eating plants, vampire bats, giant snakes and mastodons, and flying lizards. The Americans discover a wealth of exploitable resources: iron, silver, gold, lead, copper, coal, and oil. Saturn, in contrast, is an ancient world of silent spirits. The spirit beings provide the explorers with foresight of their own deaths. Out beyond Neptune, the voyagers discover the icy world Cassandra, home to the souls of unworthy Earthlings. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The book offers a fictional account of life in the year 2000. It contains abundant speculation about technological invention, including descriptions of a worldwide telephone network, solar power, air travel, space travel to the planets Saturn and Jupiter, and terraforming engineering projects — damming the Arctic Ocean, and adjusting the Earth's axial tilt (by the Terrestrial Axis Straightening Company). In Astor's novel, the future United States is a multi-continental superpower. European nations have been taken over by socialist governments, which have sold most of their African colonies to the U.S.; and Canada, Mexico, and the countries of South America have requested annexation. Race conflict is a thing of the past, since the "dark elements" of the American hegemony have died out. Space travel is achieved through apergy, an anti-gravitational energy force. Jupiter proves to be a jungle world, with flesh-eating plants, vampire bats, giant snakes and mastodons, and flying lizards. The Americans discover a wealth of exploitable resources: iron, silver, gold, lead, copper, coal, and oil. Saturn, in contrast, is an ancient world of silent spirits. The spirit beings provide the explorers with foresight of their own deaths. Out beyond Neptune, the voyagers discover the icy world Cassandra, home to the souls of unworthy Earthlings. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

More books from Otbebookpublishing

Cover of the book Rewards and Fairies by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book The Elixir of Life by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book Leberecht der Gestrenge by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book The Story of Beowulf by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book Writ in Barracks A Collection of Poems by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book The Holes Around Mars Six Stories by Jerome Bixby by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book He by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book The Statement of Randolph Carter by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book Gone Fishing by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book David Blaize and the Blue Door by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book The History of the Devil as well Ancient as Modern by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book Embarrassments by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book Rom - Band II by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice by John Jacob Astor IV
Cover of the book The Parent's Assistant; Or, Stories for Children by John Jacob Astor IV
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy