Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett Putman Serviss
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"Edison's Conquest of Mars" by Garrett P. Serviss is a science fiction novel published in 1898. Written as a sequel to an unauthorized version of H. G. Wells's "The War of the Worlds," the story follows Thomas Edison leading Earth's united forces in a counter-attack against Mars. After developing revolutionary technology including anti-gravity ships and disintegration rays, humanity launches an armada into space. The novel pioneered numerous science fiction concepts, from space
suits to asteroid mining, making Serviss arguably the first American professional science fiction writer. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851-1929 |
|---|---|
| Title | Edison's Conquest of Mars |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison%27s_Conquest_of_Mars |
| Credits |
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Martians -- Fiction |
| Subject | Mars (Planet) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Space travelers -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 21670 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-21670-6 |
| Release Date | Jun 3, 2007 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2468 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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