John Preston True 1 hr 46 min read

A meteorite fallen to Earth becomes a silent witness to the whole sweep of human history, watching the ages pass from its place among us.

John Preston True's 1899 book is an imaginative fantasy and social-SF tale of deep time. Inventive, sweeping, of its era. Read it for a novel narrative device, the long story of humankind told through the unblinking gaze of a fallen iron star, journeying across the ages as civilizations rise and fall around it.

In its time

Published in 1899, during the 1890s, wells arrives.

Reading it

1 hr 46 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).