A Columbus of Space and The Moon Metal: The Garrett P. Serviss Omnibus
A Columbus of Space and The Moon Metal: The Garrett P. Serviss Omnibus

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Publisher: Steeger Books

Published: 2019-12

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9781618274281

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This first of two omnibus collections of pulp classics by science fiction pioneer Garrett P. Serviss, which originally appeared in the pages of The All-Story magazine.A Columbus of Space: A trip to Venus brings a group of explorers into contact with the inhabitants of that mysterious planet... and if they can survive the dangers they pose, they'll need to figure out an escape back to earth. An early science fiction classic.The Moon Metal: After the collapse of the gold market and the world in an economic collapse, a mysterious doctor offers the world a new financial standard: the rare metal, artemsium. But just what is the secret of this new metal?

A Columbus of Space
A Columbus of Space

Author: Garrett Putman Serviss

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-03-11

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 3387319959

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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

The Moon Metal
The Moon Metal

Author: Garrett P. Serviss

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1775561062

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For thousands of years, human civilization has pegged its currencies and barter systems to stores of precious metals. What would happen if our interstellar explorations uncovered infinite stores of gold, silver, platinum, and more? That's the thought-provoking premise of The Moon Metal, a tale from Garrett P. Serviss, an astronomer and science-fiction pioneer who blazed trails in both fields in the early twentieth century.

Berserker
Berserker

Author: Fred Saberhagen

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780786254859

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Presents a series of short science-fiction stories that tells of encounters between humans and the intelligent, self-aware death machines known as the Berserkers.

Electric Airplanes and Drones
Electric Airplanes and Drones

Author: Kevin Desmond

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-09-14

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 147663341X

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Attempts at electric powered flight date to well before the 19th century. Battery weight and low energy output made it impractical until the 1990s, when the advent of lightweight materials, more efficient solar power, improved engines and the Li-Po (lithium polymer) battery opened the skies to a wide variety of electric aircraft. The author describes the diverse designs of modern electric flying machines--from tiny insect-styled drones to stratospheric airships--and explores developing trends, including flying cars and passenger airliners.

The Cambridge History of Science Fiction
The Cambridge History of Science Fiction

Author: Gerry Canavan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-12-31

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1316733017

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The first science fiction course in the American academy was held in the early 1950s. In the sixty years since, science fiction has become a recognized and established literary genre with a significant and growing body of scholarship. The Cambridge History of Science Fiction is a landmark volume as the first authoritative history of the genre. Over forty contributors with diverse and complementary specialties present a history of science fiction across national and genre boundaries, and trace its intellectual and creative roots in the philosophical and fantastic narratives of the ancient past. Science fiction as a literary genre is the central focus of the volume, but fundamental to its story is its non-literary cultural manifestations and influence. Coverage thus includes transmedia manifestations as an integral part of the genre's history, including not only short stories and novels, but also film, art, architecture, music, comics, and interactive media.

The Second Deluge
The Second Deluge

Author: Garrett Putman Serviss

Publisher: Wildside Press

Published: 1912

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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The author's best novel and one of the best early treatments of the natural catastrophe theme.

Wonder Shows
Wonder Shows

Author: Fred Nadis

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2005-01-13

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 0813541212

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In Wonder Shows, Fred Nadis offers a colorful history of these traveling magicians, inventors, popular science lecturers, and other presenters of “miracle science” who revealed science and technology to the public in awe-inspiring fashion. The book provides an innovative synthesis of the history of performance with a wider study of culture, science, and religion from the antebellum period to the present.