Luis Senarens 2 hr 33 min read

Frank Reade, Jr., ace young inventor, pilots his marvelous machine into southern seas and up a fiord toward a ruined city, a wonderful tale of exploration and startling discovery.

Luis Senarens's 1893 dime novel is a rousing invention-adventure from the beloved Frank Reade, Jr. series. Fast, colorful, gloriously pulpy. Read it for a classic Edisonade, a boy genius, his fantastic vehicle, and a globe-trotting quest to a lost continent, from a founding forerunner of American science fiction.

In its time

Published in 1893, during the 1890s, wells arrives.

Reading it

2 hr 33 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).