Garrett P. Serviss

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Garrett Putnam Serviss, November 1925

Garrett Putnam Serviss (born March 24, 1851 in Sharon Springs , New York , † 1929 ) was an American journalist and author. He wrote non -fiction books on astronomical subjects and science fiction stories.

Life

Serviss was born in Sharon Springs, New York in 1851. From 1868 to 1872 he studied science at Cornell University . He then attended Columbia College Law School. However, he never worked as a lawyer, but became editor of the New York Sun in 1876 , where he popularized scientific topics in numerous articles. From 1892 he devoted himself entirely to this task as a lecturer and author.

His first book "Astronomy with an Opera Glass" was published in 1888. Although most of his books deal with questions of astronomy , he also wrote an introduction to the theory of relativity and a guide to the "art of public speaking". Measured against the output of non-fiction books and magazine articles, future literature only takes up a small part of his work. Five novels and one short story are known. Similar to HG Wells , Jules Verne or Kurd Laßwitz , Serviss placed great emphasis on conveying scientific relationships in his fictional stories.

bibliography

Science fiction
  • Edison's Conquest of Mars (1898)
    • English: Edison's Conquest of Mars: The Second War of the Worlds. Translated by Wilko Müller jr. Projekt-Verlag Cornelius, Halle 2009, ISBN 978-3-86634-807-3 . Also as: The Second War of the Worlds or How Mr. Edison Conquered Mars. In: The Second War of the Worlds. 2011.
  • The Moon Metal (1900)
    • German: Das Mondmetall. In: Wilko Müller (Hrsg.): The moon metal: Fantastic stories from gold. Projekt-Verlag Cornelius, Halle 2008, ISBN 978-3-86634-557-7 . Also in: The Second War of the Worlds. 2011.
  • A Columbus of Space (1909)
  • The Sky Pirate (1909)
  • The Second Deluge (1911)
  • The Moon Maiden (1915, short story)
Collections
  • Garrett P. Serviss' Science Fiction. Leonaur, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84677-323-5 (contains Edison's Conquest of Mars , A Columbus of Space and The Moon Metal ).
  • The second war of the worlds. Shayol (Utopian Fantastic Library # 6), 2011, ISBN 978-3-926126-80-1 (contains The Second War of the Worlds or How Mr. Edison Conquered Mars and The Moon Metal ).
Non-fiction
  • Astronomy Through an Opera Glass (1888)
  • Pleasures of the Telescope (1901)
  • Other Worlds (1901)
  • The Moon (1907)
  • Astronomy With The Naked Eye (1908)
  • Curiosities of the Sky (1909)
  • Round the Year with the Stars (1910)
  • Astronomy in a Nutshell (1912)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Serviss, Garrett P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Serviss, Garrett Putnam (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science and science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Sharon Springs , New York
DATE OF DEATH 1929