Author : A.M. Low
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 50,23 MB
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790163
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó A 1937 space adventure written for young people by Prof. A.M. Low, then-president of the British Interplanetary Society. The occupants of a spaceship launched from a stratosphere balloon discover a hostile civilization. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : David Russen
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 36,5 MB
Release : 2013-01-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790384
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Originally published in 1703, Iter Lunaire is one of the first books to discuss the real possibility of exploring space, the methods of doing so and what might be found there. Taking Cyrano De Bergerac's classic "Comic History" as its jumping-off point, author Russen discusses the pros and cons of the French writer's fanciful methods of space travel...and adds some of his own, including what may be the most unusual method of traveling to the Moon ever suggested. Along the way, Russen anticipates such modern scientific developments as the germ theory of disease and hyperlinked reference books. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : Max Valier
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 50,62 MB
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790236
Includes a biographical afterwordNow with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerFeatures the original illustrations Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó A short science fiction story written by one of the most colorful personalities of the early years of rocketry, Max Valier. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : Andre Laurie
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 32,95 MB
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1618249975
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Andre Laurie tells the story of intrepid French submariners who discover the sole survivors of Atlantis living within a crystal dome on the ocean floor. English edition published in 1896. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 40,8 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1618249940
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Mark Twains classic of American humor was the last book to be published in the author's lifetime. It tells the story of a crusty American sea-dog who travels to heaven aboard a comet...a year later Twain himself died as Halley's Comet glowed in the sky above his home, Stormfield, Connecticut. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : Ralph Morris
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 25,17 MB
Release : 2013-01-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790317
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Originally published in 1751, this fantasy-adventure contains one of the most detailed and best-realized spacecraft/flying machines in science fiction. It marked the transition from the fantastic and mystical means of reaching space that had preceded it and laid the foundation for the scientific verisimilitude of Poe and Verne. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : Samuel Brunt
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 32,10 MB
Release : 2013-01-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790066
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Representative of the type of moon-voyages being published prior to the 19th century: full of sharp satire, high adventure and low humor. The pseudonymous "Samuel Brunt" is taken to the moon by the inhabitants of Cacklogallinia: a race of giant, intelligent chickens. Originally published in 1727. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : George Allan England
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,69 MB
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790538
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó The Flying Legion was one of the most popular books by George Allen England, one of the most popular adventure/science fiction authors of his time. A story about a bored genius who conceives a daring plan to raid the treasure-vaults of Mecca. The Flying Legion was surely one of the inspirations for the Doc Savage series. The story features "Captain Alden", one of the most extraordinary heroines in all adventure literature. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : William Dixon Bell
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 14,3 MB
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790287
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó William Dixon Bell's prophetic 1937 novel was one of the first books to realisticallly discuss the possibilty of terraforming another world and the methods by which this might be accomplished. The novel is also one of the earliest to mention the use of solar power generators on the Moon and Robert Goddard's work on liquid fuel rockets. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : W.S. Lach-Szyrma
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 25,99 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790333
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Combines for the first time in one volume two of the rarest space travel novels: Voice From Another World (1874) and Letters From the Planets (1883), by the Rev. W.S. Lach-Szyrma. A strange combination of Christianity and hard science, the books argue persuasively for the habitability of other worlds and the necessary existence of non-human races. The novels also contain an early description of interplanetary spacecraft. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
