A Journey in Other Eras A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future by John Jacob Astor IV D. Appleton and Company, New York 1894 Available as free download from Gutenberg Project here I think John Jacob Astor IV would have been fascinated by the machine that killed him. One hundred years ago today, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic after being struck by an iceberg. Many people know that Astor was one of the victims, but most do not know that he was also the world’s wealthiest science fiction author. Astor, the fourth of his name, inherited great…
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Purity In Death
Triple Threat Purity in Death by J. D. Robb Penquin Group USA, 2002, 368 pp, $7.98 Origin in Death by J. D. Robb Penquin Group USA, 2006, 384 pp, $7.98 Fantasy in Death by J. D. Robb Penquin Group USA, 2010, 368 pp, $7.98 Science fiction is not precisely a closed shop, but it does closely resemble a club. Newcomers are measured by how well they adhere to certain conventions. On the one hand, readers cherish novelty, the “what if” factor and the “gee whiz” moment. We love to be dazzled. On the other hand, we tend to be a…