Edisons Conquest of Mars (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Garrett P. Serviss
- First Published: 1947
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—interplanetary romance
- Time of Work: 1898
- Setting: The environs of New York and the planet Mars
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Nineteenth century, Extraterrestrial life, Other worlds, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, Mars
- Locales: New York, Mars
The Plot
Following the setback described at the conclusion of The War of the Worlds (1898), H. G. Wellss account of the Martian invasion of Earth, the survivors among those Martians who landed near New York retreat into space, destroying the city as they blast off. Thomas Edison examines various technological artifacts left behind by the invaders and deduces the principles involved in their operation. This allows him to produce his own designs for spaceships, powered by antigravity devices, and for new weapons. The latter are disintegrator rays more powerful than the...
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