A Journey in Other Worlds

John Jacob Astor

Apr 2013 · Baen Publishing Enterprises

About this ebook

Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations by Boy Scouts of Americas founder, Dan Beard
Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó One of the most prophetic science fiction novels of all time, by one of SF's most unusual, and unexpected, authors: multimillionaire John Jacob Astor. Descriptions ranging from life on earth in the year 2000 to the bizarre landscapes of a trans-Neptunian planet are part of the story. Originally published in 1894.

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About the author

John Ringo had visited 23 countries and attended 14 schools by the time he graduated high school. This left him with a wonderful appreciation of the oneness of humanity and a permanent aversion to foreign food. He chose to study marine biology and really liked it. Unfortunately the pay was for beans. So he turned to quality control database management, where the pay was much better. His highest hopes were to someday upgrade to SQL Server, at which point, he thought, his life would be complete. But then Fate took a hanJohn has become a professional science fiction writer, and is in the early stages of becoming fabulously wealthy, which his publisher has assured him is the common lot of science fiction writers who write for Baen Books. In addition to his own enthusiastically received and New York Times best-selling military SF series†A Hymn Before Battle, Gust Front, When the Devil Dances, and Hell's Faire†he is collaborating with fellow New York Times best-selling author David Weber on a new SF adventure series: March Upcountry, March to the Sea, March to the Stars and We Few, with more to come.

With his bachelor years spent in the airborne, cave diving, rock-climbing, rappelling, hunting, spear-fishing, and sailing, the author is now happy to let other people risk their necks. He prefers to write science fiction (both alone and in collaboration with David Weber and others) raise Arabian horses, dandle his kids and watch the grass grow. Someday he may even cut it. But not today. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe he'll just let the horses eat it.