Life in a Thousand WorldsHarris, W. S. (William Shuler)
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Life in a Thousand Worlds
Harris, W. S. (William Shuler)
Utopias
A Glimpse of Jupiter.
Jupiterites described as colossal giants averaging twenty-five
feet in height. Their language a marvel of simplicity far
surpassing the English language. What Jupiterites can see with
their powerful magnifying lenses. The author looked, through their
largest telescope and saw ships sailing in New York City harbor.
Illustration.
CHAPTER V.
Beautiful Saturn.
Physical features. Woman the ruling genius. Excursions in
airships. Illustration. Marvelous language-music. Churches on
Saturn far better than those on Earth.
CHAPTER VI.
The Nearest Fixed Star.
The inhabitants of Alpha Centaurus live as comfortably in fire as
Earthites live in air or fishes in water. One of their aerial fire
carriages described. Illustration.
CHAPTER VII.
The Water World Visited.
On Stazza the people live in water about as fishes do on Earth.
Their homes and cities under water described. Fishing for land
animals. Illustration. Some of their inventions far surpass those
of our own world.
CHAPTER VIII.
Tortu.
A far more beautiful world than ours. The moral life of Tortu the
cleanest found in any world, and interesting reasons given.
CHAPTER XI
A Problem in Political Economy.
On Airess the inhabitants live on liquid air, and hence have
neither noses nor lungs. Monopolists control liquid air on Airess
as petroleum is controlled on Earth. Illustration. Method of
breaking up the power of monopolies. This chapter is worth reading
by millions of American men and women.
CHAPTER X.
Floating Cities.
Palaces and large cities built on water. Illustration. A number of
wonderful inventions described. Far surpass our world in reform
movements.
CHAPTER XI.
A World of Ideal Cities.
Inhabitants described. Author made captive. Rich and poor. Ideal
cities, how governed.
CHAPTER XII.
A World Enjoying Its Millennium.
How the Millennium was ushered in. The conditions under which
millennial life is enjoyed.
CHAPTER XIII.
A World of High Medical Knowledge.
On Dorelyn four billions of inhabitants all enjoy perfect health.
The government controls the whole field of medical science just as
we do the post office department. No patent medicine on Dorelyn.
Many new ideas picked up in medicine and surgery.
CHAPTER XIV.
A World of Low Life.
On Scum exist the lowest conditions of life found in any stellar
world. "Notched Rod" language explained. Lizard like human forms.
No Scumite knows who is his father or mother. A big Scumite battle
witnessed. Illustration.
CHAPTER XV.
A World of Highest Invention.
A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in
one of our years. A Tube Line for passenger and freight traffic.
Wonderful storage batteries. A telephone that not only carries
sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.
Thought photography.
CHAPTER XVI.
A Singular Planet.
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