"A Glance Ahead; Being a Christmas Tale of A.D. 3568"

Title"A Glance Ahead; Being a Christmas Tale of A.D. 3568"
Year for Search1901
AuthorsBangs, J[ohn] K[endrick](1862-1922)
Tertiary AuthorsBangs, J. K.
Secondary TitleOver the Plum-Pudding
Pagination105-35
Date Published1901
PublisherHarper & Brothers
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Satire. The entire Western Hemisphere is the United States; Europe and Asia are now combined; all African Americans have returned to Africa, which is united, and Africans are now mercenaries for the rest of the world. Technological advances. Immortality; no births. All businesses are controlled by the government and make huge profits.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Ancestral Voices: Anthology of Early Science Fiction. Ed. Douglas Menville and R[obert] Reginald [pseud.] [Michael Roy Burgess] (New York: Arno Press, 1974), with each story using its original pagination.

Info Notes

Appears to be the first publication.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

(1862-1922)

Full Text

1901 Bangs, J[ohn] K[endrick] (1862-1922). “A Glance Ahead; Being a Christmas Tale of A.D. 3568.” In his Over the Plum-Pudding (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901), 105-35. Appears to be the first publication. Rpt. in Ancestral Voices: Anthology of Early Science Fiction. Ed. Douglas Menville and R[obert] Reginald [pseud.] [Michael Roy Burgess] (New York: Arno Press, 1974), with each story using its original pagination. MoU-St

Satire. The entire Western Hemisphere is the United States; Europe and Asia are now combined; all African Americans have returned to Africa, which is united, and Africans are now mercenaries for the rest of the world. Technological advances. Immortality; no births. All businesses are controlled by the government and make huge profits.