Résumé:
Informationen zum Autor George Griffithwas a visionary author of the Victorian and Edwardian age who spent his youth sailing around the world. A forgotten father of science fiction! he is the author of "The Mummy and Miss Nicotris! Olga Romanoff! The Romance of Golden Star! "and" The World Peril of 1910. "Robert Godwin is the space curator at the Canadian Air and Space Museum and an advocate of the Space Frontier Foundation. He works closely with the National Space Society! the Mars Society! the National Aeronautics and Space Administration! and the X-Prize Foundation. He is the author of "Apollo 11!" "The Illustrated Collector's Guide to Led Zeppelin!" and "The Lunar Exploration Scrapbook." He lives in Burlington! Ontario. Klappentext From 1893-1895 George Griffith was the most famous science fiction writer in England. His books entranced the readers of the 19th century with tales of Martians, submarines, immortality, rogue comets and even spaceships whizzing around the solar system. He invented the Countdown in 1897 and his son would become the co-inventor of the jet engine. Griffith's name became synonymous with high adventure and so in the Spring of 1894 he was recruited to follow in the mythical footsteps of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg. In just 65 days Griffith travelled through 24 time zones and established a new world record. Now for the first time in over 100 years his story can be retold along with a lengthy biography of his many literary achievements by noted Space writer and editor, Robert Godwin. Includes a special Introduction by John Griffith, grandson of George Griffith.