
Set in the dazzling year 2660, the story follows a brilliant young engineer whose imagination seems to outrun the very laws of physics. He fills his apartment with contraptions that anticipate modern television, wireless power and even the first ideas of spaceflight, painting a future that feels simultaneously familiar and astonishingly bold. The narrative opens with his latest triumph: a “telephot” system that can transmit moving images across great distances, a marvel that promises to reshape daily life.
As his inventions begin to capture public attention, the inventor finds himself drawn into a web of personal and societal challenges. A tender romance blossoms amid discussions of food scarcity and the looming end of money, while shadowy forces covet his invisible‑cloak technology. Early conflicts test his resolve, setting the stage for adventures that blend scientific curiosity with heartfelt human drama.
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (294K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Tim Lindell, Graeme Mackreth, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images digitized by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) and generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library (https://www.hathitrust.org/)
Release date
2019-12-17
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1884–1967
A key figure in early science fiction, he helped turn futuristic storytelling into a distinct magazine genre. As the founder of Amazing Stories, he shaped how generations of readers and writers imagined science and the future.
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