Across the Zodiac; The Story of a Wrecked Record
Title | Across the Zodiac; The Story of a Wrecked Record |
Year for Search | 1880 |
Authors | Greg, Percy(1836-89) |
Volume / Edition | 2 vols. |
Date Published | 1880 |
Publisher | Trübner & Co |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | English 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. |
Holding Institutions | L, LLL, PSt |
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. |