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Reprint of "lost" spaceflight classic...
I've just this week made available a reprint of a "lost" classic
spaceflight novel, "The Moon-Maker", by Arthur Train and Robert Williams Wood. It's plot about a nuclear-powered rocket on a mission to divert an asteroid from an imminent collision with the earth might not sound exactly like ground-breaking science fiction...except that this book was written in 1916. The science in the novel is extraordinary...it is probably the most accurate description of a spacecraft and spaceflight until the latter part of the 20th century...indeed, there is very little wrong even by today's standards. Moreover, it is the first time that the threat of an asteroid impact was ever made in literature...and the solution to the problem is precisely that being advocated by Jay Melosh and others. The story is fast-paced and filled with humor and adventure (to say nothing of featuring a heroine who was at least 50 years ahead of her time)---and is as readable now as it was 90 years ago. The two authors were Arthur Train---one of the best-selling mystery writers of his time---and Robert Williams Wood---one of the premiere physicists of the past century. This is the first time the book has been made available in half a century. The reprint can be found he http://www.lulu.com/content/215456 Ron |
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Reprint of "lost" spaceflight classic...
Ron Miller wrote: I've just this week made available a reprint of a "lost" classic spaceflight novel, "The Moon-Maker", by Arthur Train and Robert Williams Wood. Are you ever going to do a illustrated version of "The War Of the Worlds"? I'd love to see your take on the interior of a Martian War Machine, and its operating principles. Pat |
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Pat Flannery wrote: Ron Miller wrote: I've just this week made available a reprint of a "lost" classic spaceflight novel, "The Moon-Maker", by Arthur Train and Robert Williams Wood. Are you ever going to do a illustrated version of "The War Of the Worlds"? I'd love to see your take on the interior of a Martian War Machine, and its operating principles. Pat Me, too! That's a pretty good idea! Make a nice project for this Spring... R |
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Ron Miller wrote: Me, too! That's a pretty good idea! Make a nice project for this Spring... Your plans for the interior of the Nautilus are gracing the inside lid of my cigar box with "Mobilis in Mobile" and a big "N" on the lid. The Thunder Child would be fun to see also; it's based on this ship: http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.u...polyphemus.htm That bow ram was really something: http://www.geocities.jp/ironclad_tri...polyphemus.jpg Pat |
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Ron Miller wrote:
I've just this week made available a reprint of a "lost" classic spaceflight novel, "The Moon-Maker", by Arthur Train and Robert Williams Wood. It's plot about a nuclear-powered rocket on a mission to divert an asteroid from an imminent collision with the earth might not sound exactly like ground-breaking science fiction...except that this book was written in 1916. [...] The two authors were Arthur Train---one of the best-selling mystery writers of his time---and Robert Williams Wood---one of the premiere physicists of the past century. And legendary prankster! He orginated the massive-gyroscope-in-a-suitcase trick, alarming bellboys everywhere. He'd conspicuously spit into a puddle while covertly tossing a sliver of metallic sodium into it. I hadn't realized he'd written any science fiction. This is the first time the book has been made available in half a century. The reprint can be found he http://www.lulu.com/content/215456 Sounds like a cool book. Eight bucks for the paper edition. I see there's an e-book version for $1.57. Looking further, you seem to be bringing out a bunch of your own out-of-print books through Lulu, a print-on-demand publisher. Calendars, too. For those who need to add more of Ron Miller's art and/or writings to their libraries: http://www.lulu.com/Black-Cat-Press -- Bill Higgins | "After the Singularity, Fermilab | sarcasm will be reliably transmitted on Usenet." | --Nancy Lebovitz |
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Bill Higgins wrote: http://www.lulu.com/content/215456 Sounds like a cool book. It is. I got me a copy a few years back, thanks to the magic of Ebay... it's surprisingly good. Not near as cheesy as a lot of the sci-fi works of the time. |
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OM wrote:
On 11 Jan 2006 11:53:35 -0800, wrote: It is. I got me a copy a few years back, thanks to the magic of Ebay... it's surprisingly good. Not near as cheesy as a lot of the sci-fi works of the time. ...Damn. I was hoping for more of the usual from that era: "I say, old chap...I do believe your fiancee has stowed away in the cargo hold!" "Sarah! This is no place for a woman! You could get killed!" "Massah Nicklemain, I's does believe's she's *BE* daid!" "Quiet, Coaltone! ..." At first glance, you'd think that woudl be an exageration. Oh, no. Oh HELL no. Witness this passage from that literary masterpiece, "Through Space To Mars" by "Roy Rockwood" in 1910: ..... "I 'clar t' gracious!" he exclaimed. "Dat suttinly am a most inconsequential mannah in which to project a transmigatory object in contiguousness to mah predestination." "Whoa, there!" cried Jack. "Better take two bites at that, Wash!" "Dat's all right, Massa Jack," answered the colored man. "I'se glad to see yo', an' I suttinly hopes dat de transubstantiationableness ob my ----" "Wow!" cried Jack. "Say that over again, and say it slow." "Don't yo' foregather mah excitability?" asked the colored man rather anxiously. ..... And so on. And it doesn't really get any better than that, either. It's like a deep view into the psyche of Teddy Kennedy or Bobert Byrd. Shudder. -- "The only thing that galls me about someone burning the American flag is how unoriginal it is. I mean if you're going to pull the Freedom-of-speech card, don't be a hack, come up with something interesting. Fashion Old Glory into a wisecracking puppet and blister the system with a scathing ventriloquism act, or better yet, drape the flag over your head and desecrate it with a large caliber bullet hole." Dennis Miller |
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:13:07 GMT, Scott Lowther
wrote: And so on. And it doesn't really get any better than that, either. It's like a deep view into the psyche of Teddy Kennedy or Bobert Byrd. Shudder. ....Funny you should mention Teddy the Drunk. I got an e-mail today regarding JFKaos, asking if I'd ever seen a patch for JFK Reloaded to turn JFK's head into Teddy's. OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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OM wrote: ...Damn. I was hoping for more of the usual from that era: Just latch onto a copy of Star Smashers Of the Galaxy Rangers by Harry Harrison sometime. Pat |
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