A Honeymoon in Space: The Classic Space Opera That Predated Burroughs, Asimov and Clarke

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The Novel That Invented the Solar System Tour. Before Burroughs. Before Wells. There Was This.A Honeymoon in Space, written by George Griffith and first published in 1901 is one of the most important and purely enjoyable works of early science fiction ever written. The Daily Telegraph called it a triumph of exotic settings and imaginative scope. It predates the Barsoom novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs by over a decade and stands as the original blueprint for the space opera as a genre.— Sneak Peek —“You won’t want any coronets then, although you’ll have one, for all the lands of earth won’t hold another woman like yourself — you’ll have been to other worlds, you’ll have made the round trip of the Solar System, and you’ll come back knowing things that no other woman in the history of the world has ever known.”Lord Rollo Lenox Redgrave is a British aristocrat with an extraordinary secret: his late father-in-law designed the Astronef — a spaceship capable of travelling between worlds. When the woman he loves, the beautiful American Zaidie Rennick, is being carried away to marry another man, Redgrave intercepts her ship and proposes the most audacious honeymoon in history: a grand tour of the entire Solar System. From the crumbling civilizations of the Moon to the savage jungles of Venus, the dying deserts of Mars, and the ice-locked mysteries of Jupiter, Redgrave and Zaidie travel where no human being has ever gone — encountering alien civilizations, impossible landscapes, and wonders that redefine everything they thought they knew about life in the universe.Fast-moving, wildly imaginative, and brimming with the irresistible energy of the scientific romance at its peak, this Premium Collector's Edition of A Honeymoon in Space is essential reading for lovers of classic science fiction, space opera, and Victorian adventure. The book that built the genre.Order your copy today.