Books with author Garrett Putnam 1851-1929 Serviss

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Is Mars alike to Earth where people can live? What is the reason why there are spaces without stars in the Milky Way? What makes the Aurora Borealis or the Northern Lights? These are a few of the out of the ordinary questions in Curiosities of the Sky. Garrett found that he had a skill for detailing and defining science that made it available to the general public. Andrew Carnegie was amazed by the writing ability of the young reporter and suggested him to address a sequence of lectures on varied topics such as cosmology, geology, astronomy and other related subjects. Andrew sponsored an interstate lecture tour and provided Garrett with dreamlike lantern slides and items to complement his discourses and make them more outstanding. After the two-year lecture tour, Garrett was determined to commit his life to the idea of propagating science. Garrett Putnam Serviss was a U. S. astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and one of the first science fiction authors. He was born in upstate New York and majored in science at Cornell University. He studied law at Columbia University but did not practice as a lawyer. In its place, he associated himself with the staff of the The New York Sun newspaper, as a journalist under editor Charles Dana. Garrett’s much-loved subject was astronomy, and of the fifteen stories he made, eight are dedicated to it. He was indisputably far more read by the people on that subject than any person earlier to his time. He produced with Max and Dave Fleischer on The Einstein Theory of Relativity, a brief silent motion picture publicized in relation to one of Garrett’s science fiction stories. He also made six books, which would now be categorized as science fiction. Five of these were novels, and one was a short literature.

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It is impossible that the stupendous events whichfollowed the disastrous invasion of the earth by theMartians should go without record, and circumstanceshaving placed the facts at my disposal, I deem it aduty, both to posterity and to those who were witnessesof and participants in the avenging counterstroke thatthe earth dealt back at its ruthless enemy in theheavens, to write down the story in a connected form.

In 1897 H.G. Wells created one of the greatest science fiction masterpieces ever written-The War Of The Worlds. The story was serialized in newspapers across America and proved to be so popular that the Hearst newspaper group commissioned a sequel, to be written by their own science editor - Garrett Putnam Serviss. This sequel appeared in February of 1898 and quickly entered into the annals of science fiction history. It is one of the rarest and possibly one of the most important stories ever to appear in the genre.

Edison’s Conquest of Mars stars Thomas Edison as the lead character, although neither Edison nor H. G. Wells participated in its composition. Situated after the ravaging Martian assault in the past book, the story portrays Edison directing a number of scientists to create crafts and armaments, such as a fragmentation beam, for the protection of the Earth. Edison and his group clash with the creatures from outer space and on Mars, gradually resulting into a flood that white washes the aliens and marks a finality to aggressions. Garrett wrote himself into the tale as an instructor whom Edison refers to. Also presented are scientists including Edward Emerson Barnard, Lord Kelvin, Wilhelm Röntgen, and Silvanus P. Thompson, and heads of state such as Queen Victoria, U.S. President William McKinley, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Emperor Mutsuhito. This book is part of the chronicle of science fiction for its first inclusion of subject matters that became the substance of the category. Garrett Putnam Serviss was a U. S. astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and one of the first science fiction authors. He was born in upstate New York and majored in science at Cornell University. He studied law at Columbia University but did not practice as a lawyer. In its place, he associated himself with the staff of the The New York Sun newspaper, as a journalist under editor Charles Dana. Garrett’s much-loved subject was astronomy, and of the fifteen stories he made, eight are dedicated to it. He was indisputably far more read by the people on that subject than any person earlier to his time. He produced with Max and Dave Fleischer on The Einstein Theory of Relativity, a brief silent motion picture publicized in relation to one of Garrett’s science fiction stories. He also made six books, which would now be categorized as science fiction. Five of these were novels, and one was a short literature.

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