A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future by John Jacob Astor
"A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future" by John Jacob Astor is a science fiction novel published in 1894. Set in the year 2000, it envisions a world transformed by technological marvels: worldwide telephone networks, solar power, and space travel. American explorers journey to Jupiter, encountering a dangerous jungle world filled with monstrous creatures and vast resources. On Saturn, they meet ancient spirits who reveal troubling prophecies about their
fates and describe Cassandra, a distant icy world harboring unworthy souls. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912 |
|---|---|
| Title | A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Journey_in_Other_Worlds |
| Credits | HTML version by Dave Skalick. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 62.3 (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 | Utopias -- Fiction |
| Subject | Space ships -- Fiction |
| Subject | Manned space flight -- Fiction |
| Subject | Jupiter (Planet) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Saturn (Planet) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1607 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 1999 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 31, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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