Across the Zodiac; The Story of a Wrecked Record

TitleAcross the Zodiac; The Story of a Wrecked Record
Year for Search1880
AuthorsGreg, Percy(1836-89)
Volume / Edition2 vols.
Date Published1880
PublisherTrübner & Co
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Dystopia set on Mars. The society has some characteristics of the eutopias of the time (world government, one language, highly developed technology), but its lack of religion, the extreme inferiority of women, and the narrowness of intellectual outlook makes it a dystopia.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in one volume Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1974. Chapter III: The Untravelled Deep is rpt. in The Book of Mars: An Anthology of Fact and Fiction. Ed. Stuart Clark (London: London: Head of Zeus/Apollo/Bloomsbury, 2022), 257-269.

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Author Note

(1836-89)

Full Text

1880 Greg, Percy (1836-89). Across the Zodiac; The Story of a Wrecked Record. 2 vols. London: Trübner & Co. Rpt. in one volume Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1974. Chapter III: The Untravelled Deep is rpt. in The Book of Mars: An Anthology of Fact and Fiction. Ed. Stuart Clark (London: London: Head of Zeus/Apollo/Bloomsbury, 2022), 257-269. L, LLL, PSt

Dystopia set on Mars. The society has some characteristics of the eutopias of the time (world government, one language, highly developed technology), but its lack of religion, the extreme inferiority of women, and the narrowness of intellectual outlook makes it a dystopia.