A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future

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A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future is an 1894 science fiction novel by John Jacob Astor IV that imagines space travel and life on other planets in the far-off year 2000.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
science fiction novel
author John Jacob Astor IV NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts future technology
interplanetary travel
life on other planets
space travel
exploresConcept human expansion into space
scientific and technological optimism
genre science fiction
speculative fiction
hasAuthorNotability Titanic victim
member of the Astor family
hasAuthorOccupation businessman
inventor
hasFictionalTimeFrame near future (relative to 1894)
hasForm prose
hasSubtitle A Romance of the Future NERFINISHED
hasTitle A Journey in Other Worlds NERFINISHED
imagines advanced transportation technologies
colonization of other worlds
future society in the year 2000
language English
literaryGenreMovement early space fiction
literaryPeriod late 19th century American literature
mainTheme exploration of the solar system
technological progress
utopian and dystopian futures
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
publicationCentury 19th century
publicationYear 1894
settingTime year 2000
workOfAuthor John Jacob Astor IV NERFINISHED

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