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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
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PROLOGUE - THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE ASTRONEF
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
The story opens on a crisp November morning in 1900, when the passenger liner St. Louis slices through the Atlantic under a bright, hazy sunrise. Crew members on the bridge notice a dark silhouette streaking across the solar disc, growing larger with each passing moment. Their whispered speculation turns to awe as the mysterious shape appears to be moving directly toward the ship.
Before panic can spread, the vessel is drawn into an extraordinary encounter—a colossal, luminous craft that seems to hover between sea and sky. Its presence is both terrifying and wondrous, lifting the ship’s occupants into a realm of strange lights, molten mountains and alien skies. The experience reshapes the journey from an ordinary transatlantic crossing into the first step of an unprecedented voyage.
Caught between curiosity and fear, the passengers—including a newly‑wed couple—must decide whether to cling to the familiar world they left behind or to follow the strange vessel into the unknown. Their choices set the stage for an adventurous exploration of love, bravery, and the limits of human imagination as they are whisked toward a honeymoon unlike any other.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (358K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2006-10-05
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1857–1906
A fast-moving Victorian storyteller of scientific romance, he filled his novels with airships, future wars, and journeys beyond Earth. For a few years in the 1890s, he was one of Britain’s best-known science fiction writers.
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