A HONEYMOON IN SPACE (1900) – Written by George Chetwyn Griffith- Jones under the pseudonym George Griffith. Jones had worked as a sailor, a journalist and a teacher before writing a series of novels covering a broad range of topics.
This story details the adventures of Lord Redgrave and his American wife Zaidie. Redgrave has created the Astronef, a “space yacht” powered by the fictional R-Force, a means of harnessing gravity and deploying its energy in whatever way was desired.
The maiden voyage of the Astronef causes a global sensation and inspires peace between various nations on the verge of war. (no squid-gina necessary) Next, Lord Redgrave decides to take his blushing bride on a honeymoon spent exploring our solar system.
The newlyweds discover the ruins of an ancient civilization on the moon and visit angelic bird-people on the paradisal planet Venus. They battle war-like and sexless Martians who have an entire aerial fleet, befriend a futuristic civilization on Jupiter’s moon of Ganymede and encounter horrific monsters on Saturn.
And so it goes on most of the planets known at the time as well as some of their moons and the asteroid Ceres for good measure. All this plus our husband and wife astronaut team must survive an encounter with a Black Hole and avoid a fiery death in our own sun!
A very entertaining work and Lady Redgrave is a terrific female character who suits up and explores each world side-by side with her husband and she is never depicted as stupid or weak.
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Interesting science fiction. Good story 👍
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To the moon, Alice!
Hilarious Honeymooners reference! There you go!
Your phenome, femoney, fentanla, great reviewing style makes the read sound palpably interesting but Imma take a hard pass anyway. Dabbling myself in some futuristic prose, I find I can appreciate it only [reading or writing] for brief forays. Any more and I strain to find a place to drop reality’s anchor.
Thank you! I understand completely! Have a great weekend!
Great science fiction stories. I have not heard about this story before but found it fascinating. It brought to mind great films in the science fiction genre that I adore. For instance, it reminded me of Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity”. A spectacular space thriller, “Gravity” was one of the best movies of 2013. It did an excellent job of immersing viewers into the galaxies of space.
Here’s why it’s a must-see:
“Gravity” (2013) – Spectacular Space Thriller – The Film Buff (huilahimovie.reviews)