
- 288 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Author John Jacob Astor met his end in the sinking of the Titanic. Though he was born into wealth, Astor achieved fame as a popular science fiction writer. In this, his best-known work, Astor spins a captivating tale of what life would be like in the twenty-first century, including many technological predictions that are amazingly accurate.
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Table of contents
- Title
- Contents
- Preface
- BOOK I
- Chapter I - Jupiter
- Chapter II - Antecedental
- Chapter III - President Bearwarden's Speech
- Chapter IV - Prof Cortlandt's Historical Sketch of the World
- Chapter V - Dr. Cortlandt's History Continued
- Chapter VI - Far-Reaching Plans
- Chapter VII - Hard at Work
- Chapter VIII - Good-Bye
- BOOK II
- Chapter I - The Last of the Earth
- Chapter II - Space and Mars
- Chapter III - Heavenly Bodies
- Chapter IV - Preparing to Alight
- Chapter V - Exploration and Excitement
- Chapter VI - Mastodon and Will-O'-The Wisps
- Chapter VII - An Unseen Hunter
- Chapter VIII - Sportsmen's Reveries
- Chapter IX - The Honey of Death
- Chapter X - Changing Landscapes
- Chapter XI - A Jovian Niagara
- Chapter XII - Hills and Valleys
- Chapter XIII - North-Polar Discoveries
- Chapter XIV - The Scene Shifts
- BOOK III
- Chapter I - Saturn
- Chapter II - The Spirit's First Visit
- Chapter III - Doubts and Philosophy
- Chapter IV - A Providential Intervention
- Chapter V - Ayrault's Vision
- Chapter VI - A Great Void and a Great Longing
- Chapter VII - The Spirit's Second Visit
- Chapter VIII - Cassandra and Cosmology
- Chapter IX - Doctor Cortlandt Sees His Grave
- Chapter X - Ayrault
- Chapter XI - Dreamland to Shadowland
- Chapter XII - Sheol
- Chapter XIII - The Priest's Sermon
- Chapter XIV - Hic Ille Jacet
- Chapter XV - Mother Earth
- Endnotes