"The Seventeenth Episode. A Voyage in the Vague"

Title"The Seventeenth Episode. A Voyage in the Vague"
Year for Search1911
AuthorsMorton, Frank(1869-1923)
Secondary TitleThe Yacht of Dreams
Pagination253-66
Date Published1911
PublisherAndrew Melrose
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Australian author, Male author
Annotation

Anarchist eutopia on Mars, which is much more advanced than Earth. Each person has her or his own home. Long life, tolerance. Jupiter holds an emerging new race just gaining intelligence. Saturn, although not described, has a race far beyond that of Mars. 

Info Notes

See the note at 1909 Morton.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (1869-1923) was born in  England and moved to Australia at age sixteen. He worked for some years in Singapore and India before returning to Australia in 1894. He also spent some years working in Aotearoa/​ New Zealand before settling permanently in Australia in 1914. 

Full Text

1911 Morton, Frank (1869-1923). “The Seventeenth Episode. A Voyage in the Vague.” In his The Yacht of Dreams (London: Andrew Melrose, 1911), 253-66. ATL

Anarchist eutopia on Mars, which is much more advanced than Earth. Each person has her or his own home. Long life, tolerance. Jupiter holds an emerging new race just gaining intelligence. Saturn, although not described, has a race far beyond that of Mars. The author was born in  England and moved to Australia  at age sixteen. He worked for some years in Singapore and India before returning to Australia in 1894. He also spent some years working in Aotearoa/​ New Zealand before settling permanently in  Australia in 1914. See also 1911 “The Fifteenth Episode and 1913 Morton