Edison's Conquest of Mars

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Edison's Conquest of Mars

by Garrett Putman Serviss

EN·~6 hours·307 chapters

Chapters

307 total

Edison's Conquest of Mars - by - Garrett P. Serviss - 1898

0:03

Chapter I.

0:40

Their Mysterious Explosive.

0:46

Thousands of Victims.

1:18

All Not Yet Destroyed.

1:41

A Startling Announcement.

0:50

The Martians Returning.

2:33

"We Are Ready for Them!"

1:18

Edison's Flying Machine.

1:46

A Trip to the Moon.

3:20

Description

The story opens in the shattered aftermath of a Martian onslaught that reduced cities to ruin and left the world reeling from unprecedented destruction. Whole regions lie in ruin, their skylines reduced to skeletal remnants while disease has mysteriously claimed the alien invaders themselves. Amid the wreckage, survivors grapple with loss, famine, and a pervasive gloom that hangs over the planet like a storm cloud.

Yet even in this darkness, humanity begins to rally. Charitable aid pours in from untouched lands, and a shared determination to rebuild sparks the formation of new enterprises and the drafting of bold reconstruction plans. As engineers and architects sketch the rebirth of bridges and streets, astronomers report strange, flashing lights on the Martian surface—signs that the hostile race may be gathering for another strike. This ominous development tests the fragile hope of a world striving to rise from the ashes, setting the stage for a daring response that could decide Earth’s fate.

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Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (384K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Jason Isbell, Greg Weeks, Renald Levesque, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2006-08-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Garrett Putman Serviss

Garrett Putman Serviss

1851–1929

A lively bridge between science and storytelling, this early American science writer helped everyday readers look up at the night sky with fresh excitement. He also ventured into some of the earliest science fiction, mixing astronomical wonder with bold speculation.

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