An early science-fiction novel by George Griffith, published in 1901, framed as a voyage through the solar system aboard a craft called the Astronef. A newly married couple set out on a honeymoon that becomes a tour of the planets, blending romance with the astronomy of the day. It shows how space travel was imagined at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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Opening of the book
A Honeymoon in Space George Griffith Author of "Valdar the Oft-Born," "The Virgin of the Sun," "The Rose of Judah," &c., &c. ILLUSTRATED BY STANLEY WOOD AND HAROLD PIFFARD London C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. Henrietta Street 1901 ARNO PRESS A New York Times Company New York—1975 Reprint Edition 1974 by Arno Press Inc.
Reprinted from a copy in The Library of the University of California, Riverside A Honeymoon in Space Illustration: "The Earth, the Earth—thank God, the Earth!" Contents List of Illustrations PROLOGUE—The First Cruise of the Astronef CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
EPILOGUE
List of Illustrations
"THE EARTH, THE EARTH—THANK GOD, THE EARTH!"
A HIDEOUS SHAPE ROSE OUT OF THE WATER BEHIND THEM
IT TOOK THE STRANGE-WINGED CRAFT AMIDSHIPS
SNOW PEAKS AND CLOUD SEAS
CAME
FORWARD
TO
MEET
THEM
WITH
BOTH
HANDS
OUTSTRETCHED
WHOLE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF GLOWING LAVA WERE HURLED
UP MILES HIGH
WITHOUT ANY APPARENT EFFORT HE RAISED HER ABOUT FIVE
FEET FROM THE FLOOR
THE HUGE PALELY LUMINOUS EYES LOOKED IN UPON THEM
PROLOGUE
THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE ASTRONEF
About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900,
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