Med Luftskib til Mars: Fantastisk Fremtidsfortælling

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Med Luftskib til Mars: Fantastisk Fremtidsfortælling

by Niels Meyn, August Klingsey

DA·~3 hours

Chapters

Description

A brilliant but wildly audacious scheme is laid out in a cramped conference room, where a renowned astronomer rallies a motley crew of an English‑born civil engineer, a charismatic naval lieutenant, and a sharp‑eyed medical doctor. Their personalities clash as much as their ideas, yet each is drawn to the tantalizing prospect of reaching the Red Planet aboard a massive airship—a notion that feels half‑madness, half‑genius.

The professor’s theory hinges on an invisible electrical current linking Earth and Mars, a force he believes can be harnessed by a specially weighted craft. As the team wrestles with complex calculations and the practicalities of flight, the conversation crackles with wit, skepticism, and the thrill of pioneering science. Listeners are invited into the restless excitement of an era where imagination and emerging technology collide, setting the stage for a daring venture that could reshape humanity’s view of the heavens.

Details

Language

da

Duration

~3 hours (211K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Jens Sadowski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2021-08-13

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

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Niels Meyn

1891–1957

A remarkably prolific Danish writer and journalist, he published across adventure stories, crime fiction, children's books, and animal tales, often behind a long list of pen names. His huge range and brisk storytelling made him a familiar presence to generations of readers.

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August Klingsey

1891–1956

A little-known Danish writer of boys’ adventures and early speculative fiction, he is remembered today above all for a daring trip-to-Mars novel co-written in the 1910s. His work carries the lively, imaginative feel of popular adventure writing from the era.

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