This, the third and last part of this strange account, is a follow up to an earlier  jot. January 15 th . For the sake of those who, in ...

Map of Mars (1894) More from  the Dutch astronomer, Professor G. Van den Bergh  ‘A Visit to Mars ‘ a chapter in his The Universe in Spa...

A useful guide to scientific words for the Science Fiction enthusiast. It first appeared as monthly instalments in Authentic Science Fiction...

"...across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and ...

A rare object, just catalogued... Case Study on Arcturus IV (Product Design 2.734) Massachustes Institute Of Technology ( Department ...

M. P. Shiel. The Purple Cloud (1901). Poisonous gas. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Poison Belt (1913) The Earth passes through a poisonous eth...

The Time Machine by HG Wells. Airmont Classics series paperback N Y 1964. Interesting cover art by an anonymous artist envisaging a tim...