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A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future
John Jacob Astor IV
A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future is a science fiction novel by John Jacob Astor IV, published in 1894. The book offers a fictional account of life in the year 2000. It contains abundant speculation about technological invention, including descriptions of a world-wide telephone network, solar power, air travel, space travel to the planets Saturn and Jupiter, and terraforming engineering projects - damming the Arctic Ocean, and adjusting the Earth's axial tilt (by the Terrestrial Axis Straightening Company). In Astor's novel, the future United States is a multi-continental superpower. European nations have been taken over by socialist governments, which have sold most of their African colonies to the U.S.; and Canada, Mexico, and the countries of South America have requested annexation. Race conflict is a thing of the past, since the "dark elements" of the American hegemony have died out. Space travel is achieved by linking an airship to a comet. Jupiter proves to be a jungle world, with flesh-eating plants, vampire bats, giant snakes and mastodons, and flying lizards. The Americans discover a wealth of exploitable resources: iron, silver, gold, lead, copper, coal, and oil. Saturn, in contrast, is an ancient world of silent spirits. The spirit beings provide the explorers with foresight of their own deaths. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Author - John Jacob Astor IV.
Narrator - LibriVox Community.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future is a science fiction novel by John Jacob Astor IV, published in 1894. The book offers a fictional account of life in the year 2000. It contains abundant speculation about technological invention, including descriptions of a world-wide telephone network, solar power, air travel, space travel to the planets Saturn and Jupiter, and terraforming engineering projects - damming the Arctic Ocean, and adjusting the Earth's axial tilt (by the Terrestrial Axis Straightening Company). In Astor's novel, the future United States is a multi-continental superpower. European nations have been taken over by socialist governments, which have sold most of their African colonies to the U.S.; and Canada, Mexico, and the countries of South America have requested annexation. Race conflict is a thing of the past, since the "dark elements" of the American hegemony have died out. Space travel is achieved by linking an airship to a comet. Jupiter proves to be a jungle world, with flesh-eating plants, vampire bats, giant snakes and mastodons, and flying lizards. The Americans discover a wealth of exploitable resources: iron, silver, gold, lead, copper, coal, and oil. Saturn, in contrast, is an ancient world of silent spirits. The spirit beings provide the explorers with foresight of their own deaths. (Summary by Wikipedia) Author - John Jacob Astor IV. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:20:53
Chapter 2
Duration:00:04:19
Chapter 3
Duration:00:19:55
Chapter 4
Duration:00:27:14
Chapter 5
Duration:00:41:03
Chapter 6
Duration:00:20:28
Chapter 7
Duration:00:18:44
Chapter 8
Duration:00:13:21
Chapter 9
Duration:00:12:38
Chapter 10
Duration:00:19:22
Chapter 11
Duration:00:17:00
Chapter 12
Duration:00:05:55
Chapter 13
Duration:00:14:38
Chapter 14
Duration:00:19:55
Chapter 15
Duration:00:13:26
Chapter 16
Duration:00:17:29
Chapter 17
Duration:00:18:11
Chapter 18
Duration:00:17:59
Chapter 19
Duration:00:23:18
Chapter 20
Duration:00:27:46
Chapter 21
Duration:00:20:18
Chapter 22
Duration:00:23:56
Chapter 23
Duration:00:15:15
Chapter 24
Duration:00:27:25
Chapter 25
Duration:00:15:31
Chapter 26
Duration:00:11:28
Chapter 27
Duration:00:08:20
Chapter 28
Duration:00:28:26
Chapter 29
Duration:00:20:08
Chapter 30
Duration:00:34:31
Chapter 31
Duration:00:18:18
Chapter 32
Duration:00:11:46
Chapter 33
Duration:00:17:28
Chapter 34
Duration:00:12:50
Chapter 35
Duration:00:12:10
Chapter 36
Duration:00:18:03
Chapter 37
Duration:00:08:27