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  • Publication: Edison's Conquest of MarsPublication Record # 109631
  • Author: Garrett P. Serviss
  • Date: 2005-00-00
  • ISBN: 0-9738203-0-6 [978-0-9738203-0-0]
  • Publisher: Apogee Books (Canada)
  • Pub. Series: Apogee Science Fiction
  • Price:
    C$9.95?C$: Canadian dollar
  • Pages: 264
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Edison's Conquest of Mars by Tom Miller (artist)
  • Notes:
    • Cover artist credited, no visible signature.
    • "Series Inaugural Title" adhesive sticker on front cover.
    • "Compiled and edited by Robert Godwin."
    • "©2005 Robert Godwin"; no statement of printing.
    • No price given on cover or inside book.
    • Published serially in 1898; first book publication 1947.
    • The interior artwork is uncredited and are the illustrations from the 1898 original edition. Here is a list of the artworks by page number and their captions.
      2. untitled 4. untitled 14. The Flying Machine 24. A Marvellous Scientific Triumph 34. Edison to the Rescue of the Universe 43. The Depature of the Flying Ships on their Marvellous Errand to Mars 62. A Wonderful Discovery on the Moon 73. In the Power of a Great Comet 81. Approaching the Great Asteroid 84. The Terrible Works of the Martians All-powerful Fire Blast 92. A Gigantic martian Captured 113. Electric Fleet's Disintegrating Battery 126. How the Earth men Learned the Martian Language 129. The First Close Sight of the Planet which nearly Conquered Earth 135. The Martians in their Airship 144. The All-powerful War-cloud of the Martians 154. Edison Triumphs over the Martians Device 156. Our Disintegrator does Awful Damage 170. A Beautiful Human Girl Discovered on Mars 175. Taking Compressed Food from the Martians 184. The Wonderful Battlements of mars 196. The Martians Built the Sphinx 204. Aina's Plan to Capture Mars 216. The Grand Rush of Waters 224. The Martians Penned in by the Flood 233. The Beautiful Cerean Giantess Drowned in the Flood
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