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- EDISON'S CONQUEST OF MARS
- WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY A. LANGLEY SEARLES, Ph. D.
- CARCOSA HOUSE 1947 LOS ANGELES The special contents of this volume are copyright 1947 by CARCOSA HOUSE. FIRST EDITION
- DEDICATED to GARRETT PUTMAN SERVISS A COSMOPOLITE IN TIME 1851-1929
- CONTENTS
- "Like men, and yet not like men...."
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- EDISON'S CONQUEST OF MARS
- CHAPTER ONE
- "LET US GO TO MARS"
- I had myself been one of the occupants of the car of the flying Ship of Space on that night, when it silently left the earth, and, rising out of the great shadow of the globe, sped on to the moon.
- CHAPTER TWO
- THE DISINTEGRATOR
- A consultation in Wizard Edison's laboratory between him and Professor Serviss on the best means of repaying the damage wrought upon this planet by the Martians.
- CHAPTER THREE
- THE CONGRESS OF NATIONS
- CHAPTER FOUR
- TO CONQUER ANOTHER WORLD
- CHAPTER FIVE
- THE FOOTPRINT ON THE MOON
- "Through this the meteor had passed, killing two or three men who stood in its course."
- "As we thus approached I suddenly perceived, crowning the very apex of the lofty peak near the termination of the cape, the ruins of what appeared to be the ancient watch-tower."
- CHAPTER SIX
- THE MONSTERS ON THE ASTEROID
- "Back! Back!" was the signal instantaneously flashed from the flag ship, and the members of the squadron sprang away from the little planet. But before we were out of reach a second tongue of death shot from the fearful engine, and another of our ships, with all its crew, was destroyed.
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- A PLANET OF GOLD
- As we got near them a terrible scene unfolded itself. Two of the Martians were stretched headless upon the ground. Three others had suffered horrible injuries, and only one remained apparently unhurt.
- "When we came to bind our prisoner with strong ropes we were more than ever impressed with his gigantic stature and strength. He might have been a match for twenty of us."
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- "THE MARTIANS ARE COMING!"
- CHAPTER NINE
- JOURNEY'S END
- Actually, it was a book that the prisoner produced, and then he proceeded to teach us, as well as he could, several words of his language.
- When we arrived within a distance of three miles from the surface of Mars we suddenly perceived approaching from the eastward a large airship, which was navigating the Martian atmosphere at a height of perhaps half a mile above the ground.
- CHAPTER TEN
- THE GREAT SMOKE BARRIER
- CHAPTER ELEVEN
- THE EARTH GIRL
- "In the middle of the great floor, holding the instrument delicately poised, and still awaking its ravishing voice, stood a figure, the sight of which almost stopped my breath! It was a slender sylph of a girl! A girl of my own race; a human being here on Mars!"
- CHAPTER TWELVE
- RETREAT TO DEIMOS
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN
- THERE WERE GIANTS IN THE EARTH
- "Gentlemen," exclaimed the Professor, "these mountains of rock that the Martians built are the Pyramids of Egypt. The gigantic statue of their leader is THE GREAT SPHINX!"
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN
- THE FLOOD GATES OF MARS
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN
- VENGEANCE IS OURS
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN
- THE WOMAN FROM CERES
- "Suddenly there was a discharge into the room which I knew came from one of the disintegrators of the electrical ships. It swept through the crowded throng like a destroying blast. It was a panic of giants!"
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
- THE FEARFUL OATHS OF COLONEL SMITH
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
- THE GREAT OVATION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GARRETT PUTMAN SERVISS
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