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A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the FutureJohn Jacob Astor

A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future

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Original author: John Jacob Astor

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"A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future" by John Jacob Astor is a science fiction novel published in 1894. Set in the year 2000, it envisions a world transformed by technological marvels: worldwide telephone networks, solar power, and space travel. American explorers journey to Jupiter, encountering a dangerous jungle world filled with monstrous creatures and vast resources. On Saturn, they meet ancient spirits who reveal troubling prophecies about their fates and describe Cassandra, a distant icy world harboring unworthy souls.

A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future, by John Jacob Astor. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #1607.

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38 Chapters

  1. 1.Preface415 words
  2. 2.Chapter 1: Jupiter2,665 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: Antecedental526 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: President Bearwarden's Speech2,687 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: Prof. Cortlandt's Historical Sketch of the World3,340 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: Dr. Cortlandt's History Continued5,379 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: Far-Reaching Plans2,828 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: Hard at Work2,583 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: Good-Bye1,828 words
  10. 10.Chapter I: The Last of the Earth1,661 words
  11. 11.Chapter II: Space and Mars2,603 words
  12. 12.Chapter III: Heavenly Bodies2,047 words
  13. 13.Chapter IV: Preparing to Alight1,122 words
  14. 14.Chapter V: Exploration and Excitement1,785 words
  15. 15.Chapter VI: Mastodon and Will-O'-The Wisps2,619 words
  16. 16.Chapter VII: An Unseen Hunter1,689 words
  17. 17.Chapter VIII: Sportsmen's Reveries2,262 words
  18. 18.Chapter IX: The Honey of Death2,354 words
  19. 19.Chapter X: Changing Landscapes2,344 words
  1. 20.Chapter XI: A Jovian Niagara2,984 words
  2. 21.Chapter XII: Hills and Valleys3,739 words
  3. 22.Chapter XIII: North-Polar Discoveries2,741 words
  4. 23.Chapter XIV: The Scene Shifts3,031 words
  5. 24.Chapter I: Saturn1,927 words
  6. 25.Chapter II: The Spirit's First Visit3,412 words
  7. 26.Chapter III: Doubts and Philosophy2,085 words
  8. 27.Chapter IV: A Providential Intervention1,510 words
  9. 28.Chapter V: Ayrault's Vision1,028 words
  10. 29.Chapter VI: A Great Void and a Great Longing3,894 words
  11. 30.Chapter VII: The Spirit's Second Visit2,718 words
  12. 31.Chapter VIII: Cassandra and Cosmology4,628 words
  13. 32.Chapter IX: Doctor Cortlandt Sees His Grave2,350 words
  14. 33.Chapter X: Ayrault1,576 words
  15. 34.Chapter XI: Dreamland to Shadowland2,137 words
  16. 35.Chapter XII: Sheol1,567 words
  17. 36.Chapter XIII: The Priest's Sermon1,474 words
  18. 37.Chapter XIV: Hic Ille Jacet2,323 words
  19. 38.Chapter XV: Mother Earth1,045 words