The Net Advance of Physics RETRO:
SPECULATIVE FICTION

Speculative Fiction of the Long Nineteenth Century.

• Change in Laws of Physics:
  • Break O' Day Tales: The Steam Interlude by Frank West Rollins [Boston: Joseph Knight, 1894] Water mysteriously stops boiling; civilisation collapses.

• End of the World:
  • Omega: the Last Days of the World by Camille Flammarion [New York: Cosmopolitan, 1894]

• Extraterrestrial Life:
  • Récits de l'Infini Three dialogues by Camille Flammarion [Paris: Didier, 1873] English translation: Stories of Infinity [Boston: Roberts, 1873]
  • Uranie by Camille Flammarion [Paris: Marpon & Flammarion, 1889] English translation: Urania [Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1890]

• Inventions: Robots:
  • The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies by Edward S. Ellis [New York: Beadle's Half Dime Library, 1868] The first "Edisonade", soon to be followed by the endless adventures of Frank Reade and his Steam Man/Horse/Team/Tally-Ho ...

• Inventions: Transportation:
  • La Maison à Vapeur by Jules Verne [Paris: Hetzel, 1880] Known in English as Steam House or The End of Nana Sahib or The Demon of Cawnpore and Tigers & Traitors.

• Metaphysical with Scientific Elements:
  • Récits de l'Infini Three dialogues by Camille Flammarion [Paris: Didier, 1873] English translation: Stories of Infinity [Boston: Roberts, 1873]
  • Dans le Ciel et sur la Terre: Tableaux et Harmonies by Camille Flammarion [Paris: Marpon & Flammarion, 1886]
  • Uranie by Camille Flammarion [Paris: Marpon & Flammarion, 1889] English translation: Urania [Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1890]

THE NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS --- Retro