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{{Short description|1894 novel by John Jacob Astor IV}}
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| name = A Journey in Other Worlds
| name = A Journey in Other Worlds
| author = [[John Jacob Astor IV]]
| author = [[John Jacob Astor IV]]
| image = A Journey in Other Worlds 1 (front cover).jpg
| illustrator = [[Daniel Carter Beard|Dan Beard]]
| illustrator = [[Daniel Carter Beard|Dan Beard]]
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = English
| genre = [[Science fiction]] [[Speculative fiction]] [[Utopian and dystopian fiction|Utopian fiction]]
| genre = Science fiction [[Speculative fiction]] [[Utopian and dystopian fiction|Utopian fiction]]
| publisher = [[D. Appleton & Co.]]
| publisher = [[D. Appleton & Co.]]
| pub_date = [[1894 in literature|1894]]
| pub_date = 1894
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]])
| media_type = Print (hardcover)
| pages = 476 pp.
| pages = 476 pp.
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'''''A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future''''' is a [[science fiction novel]] by [[John Jacob Astor IV]], published in 1894.<ref>{{cite book|author=Pfaelzer, Jean |title=The Utopian Novel in America 1886&ndash;1896: The Politics of Form|location= Pittsburgh|publisher= University of Pittsburgh Press|date= 1984|pages= 108–11|isbn= 0-8229-5413-3}}</ref>
'''''A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future''''' is a [[science fiction]] novel by [[John Jacob Astor IV]], published in 1894.<ref>{{cite book|author =Pfaelzer, Jean |title=The Utopian Novel in America 1886&ndash;1896: The Politics of Form|location= Pittsburgh|publisher= [[University of Pittsburgh Press]]|date= 1984|pages= 108–11|isbn= 0-8229-5413-3}}</ref>


==Overview==
==Overview==
[[File:A Journey in Other Worlds - 02 - The Callisto was going straight up.jpg|thumb|left|''The Callisto was going straight up.'']]
The book offers a fictional account of life in the year 2000. It contains abundant speculation about technological invention, including descriptions of a worldwide [[telephone network]], [[solar power]], [[air travel]], [[Interplanetary travel|space travel]] to the planets [[Saturn]] and [[Jupiter]], and terraforming engineering projects &mdash; damming the Arctic Ocean, and adjusting the Earth's [[axial tilt]] (by the Terrestrial Axis Straightening Company).
The book offers a fictional account of life in the year 2000. It contains abundant speculation about technological invention, including descriptions of a worldwide [[telephone network]], [[solar power]], [[air travel]], [[Interplanetary travel|space travel]] to the planets [[Saturn]] and [[Jupiter]], and [[terraforming]] engineering projects &mdash; damming the Arctic Ocean, and an adjustment of the [[axial tilt]] of the Earth (Terra) 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.
The future United States is a multi-continental superpower. European nations have been taken over by [[Socialism|socialist]] governments, which have sold most of their African colonies to the U.S., while Canada, Mexico, and the countries of South America have requested annexation. Space travel is achieved through [[apergy]], an anti-gravitational energy force.
[[File:A Journey in Other Worlds - 06 - A Battle Royal on Jupiter.jpg|thumb|''A Battle Royal on Jupiter.'']]
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Jupiter proves to be a jungle world, with flesh-eating plants, [[Vampire bat|vampire bats]], giant snakes and [[Mastodon|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. These beings provide the explorers with foresight of their own deaths. One of the spirits, a deceased bishop, tells the voyagers about the icy world Cassandra, which orbits the Sun beyond [[Neptune]] and is home to the souls of unworthy Earthlings.
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Space travel is achieved through [[apergy]], an anti-gravitational energy force. 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.


==Other editions==
==Other editions==
A paperback edition of ''A Journey in Other Worlds'' was issued in 2003.<ref>{{cite book|author=Astor , John Jacob, IV |title=A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future|location= Lincoln, NE|publisher= Bison Frontiers of Imagination Series, Bison Books|date= 2003|isbn= 0-8032-5949-2}}</ref>
A paperback edition of ''A Journey in Other Worlds'' was issued in 2003.<ref>{{cite book|author =((Astor, John Jacob, IV)) |title=A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future|location= Lincoln, NE|publisher= Bison Frontiers of Imagination Series, Bison Books|date= 2003|isbn= 0-8032-5949-2}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
{{portal|Novels}}
{{portal|Novels}}
{{commonscat}}
* ''[[Across the Zodiac]]'' (1880) by Percy Greg
* ''[[Across the Zodiac]]'' (1880) by Percy Greg
* ''[[Annals of the Twenty-Ninth Century]]'' (1874) by Andrew Blair
* ''[[Annals of the Twenty-Ninth Century]]'' (1874) by Andrew Blair
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{gutenberg|no=1607|name=A journey in other worlds}}
* {{gutenberg|no=1607|name=A journey in other worlds}}
* {{librivox book | title=A Journey in Other Worlds | author=John Jacob Astor IV}}


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Latest revision as of 16:49, 30 April 2024

A Journey in Other Worlds
AuthorJohn Jacob Astor IV
IllustratorDan Beard
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction Speculative fiction Utopian fiction
PublisherD. Appleton & Co.
Publication date
1894
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages476 pp.

A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future is a science fiction novel by John Jacob Astor IV, published in 1894.[1]

Overview

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The Callisto was going straight up.

The book offers a fictional account of life in the year 2000. It contains abundant speculation about technological invention, including descriptions of a worldwide telephone network, solar power, air travel, space travel to the planets Saturn and Jupiter, and terraforming engineering projects — damming the Arctic Ocean, and an adjustment of the axial tilt of the Earth (Terra) by the Terrestrial Axis Straightening Company.

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., while Canada, Mexico, and the countries of South America have requested annexation. Space travel is achieved through apergy, an anti-gravitational energy force.

A Battle Royal on Jupiter.

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. These beings provide the explorers with foresight of their own deaths. One of the spirits, a deceased bishop, tells the voyagers about the icy world Cassandra, which orbits the Sun beyond Neptune and is home to the souls of unworthy Earthlings.

Other editions

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A paperback edition of A Journey in Other Worlds was issued in 2003.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pfaelzer, Jean (1984). The Utopian Novel in America 1886–1896: The Politics of Form. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 108–11. ISBN 0-8229-5413-3.
  2. ^ Astor, John Jacob, IV (2003). A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future. Lincoln, NE: Bison Frontiers of Imagination Series, Bison Books. ISBN 0-8032-5949-2.
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