It's so far: Perhaps the strangest novel I have ever translated, is available in book form - with an equally strange cover, where I had left my game engine run free. Here the blurb: " honeymoon in space - The romantic classic of science fiction
The great-grandfather of Steampunk is here!
The year 1900th Past? Oh no - it is the future! A future that there will never ...
A bold English lord, the equally quick-witted as pretty daughter of an American inventor, a chaperone on the verge of fainting, an obedient unto death, taciturn servant - four quirky people in a colorful airship, which is the spaceship. Their destination: the planet of the solar system. Their mission: the most extravagant honeymoon in the history of mankind .
George Griffith created a century ago, a wink classic science-fiction literature . Today he is the first time in German translation. A curious trip to the future of our past, not only for fans of Science Fiction "
And a few lines to the author:" A prolific science fiction author was the British Griffith in the late 19 Century known and successful as HG Wells , but was soon overshadowed by his popularity and was largely forgotten. Although Griffith wrote with fondness about wars in the future, his work is not hard, battle fell Action ham. Sensitive characterizations, poetic descriptions, socialist and Darwinist influenced treatments and a refreshing penchant for humor and satire to ensure that his novels are also still enjoyable today, "
Data. George Griffith: Honeymoon in Space, ISBN 978-3-8370-0707-7, 172 pages, Paperback, 14,50 €
The book was published has been published by BoD and available here at Amazon, for example (but also order in any bookstore).
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