About this title: What did our ancestors dream of when they gazed up at the stars and looked beyond the present? Wildly imaginative but grounded in reasoned scientific speculation, "A Journey in Other Worlds" races far ahead of the nineteenth century to imagine what life would be like in the year 2000. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Earth is effectively a corporate technocracy, with big businesses using incredible advances in science to improve life on the planet as a whole. Seeking other planets habitable for the growing human population, the spaceship Callisto, powered by an antigravitational ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Publishers Overstock. A Good copy with a Remainder Mark and wear to the covers and the extremities. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 25 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Wildhern Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781848301641ISBN:1848301642
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,
Date Published: 1894
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-ii] iii-vi [vii-viii] 1 [2] 3-476, ten inserted plates, nine of which reproduce drawings by Dan Beard, original dark blue decorated cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and silver, rear panel stamped in silver, blue coated endpapers. First British edition. The British edition was printed in London from the American plates. The book is divided into three parts, the first describing the earth in the year 2000, the second and third detailing journeys to Jupiter and Saturn. ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and Company,
Date Published: 1894
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-ii] iii-vi [vii-viii] 1 [2] 3-476, flyleaves at front and rear, ten inserted plates, nine of which reproduce drawings by Dan Beard, original dark blue decorated cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and silver, rear panel stamped in silver, blue coated endpapers. First edition. Mild rubbing to corners and spine ends, a few spots to lower edge of rear cover, a bright, near fine copy. (#127393) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-13:9780803259492ISBN:0803259492
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Description: Like New. Book appears unread, but may have a publisher's mark or minor shelf wear. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Date Published: 2003-11-01
ISBN-13:9780803259492ISBN:0803259492
Description: Like New. Never Owned Or Read! Some May Have A Publishers Remainder Mark or Light Shelf Wear. NEW CONDITION OTHER THAN PUBLISHERS REMAINDER MARK! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780803259492ISBN:0803259492
Description: New. What did our ancestors dream of when they gazed up at the stars and looked beyond the present? Wildly imaginative but grounded in reasoned scientific speculation, "A Journey in Other Worlds" races far ahead of the nineteenth century to imagine what l... read more
Description: Good. 0803259492 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: WILDHERN PR
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781848301641ISBN:1848301642
Description: New. Ayrault manipulated the silk-covered glass handles and the Callisto moved on slowly in comparison with its recent speed-and all remained glued to their telescopes as they peered through the rushing clouds now forming and now dissolving before their... read more
Edition: Bison Frontiers of Imagination Series
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln
Date Published: 2003
Description: Softcover. Brand new book. What did our ancestors dream of when they gazed up at the stars and looked beyond the present? Wildly imaginative but grounded in reasoned scientific speculation, A Journey in Other Worlds races far ahead of the nineteenth century to imagine what life would be like in the year 2000. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Earth is effectively a corporate technocracy, with big businesses using incredible advances in science to improve life on the planet as a ... read more
"It's hard to remember sometimes that this was written well before science fiction was defined and categorized. Beautiful lush fantasy, truly a time traveling experience when reading about the predictions for the future."
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