Jack Williamson 1 hr 55 min read

From an observatory reaching miles into the sky, wonders of the Moon and Mars come into view, and a bold scientist's vision opens the way to a rousing adventure and the legendary Prince of Space.

Jack Williamson's 1931 novel is a rousing early space opera. Vivid, imaginative golden-age pulp. Read it for a colorful Gernsback-era space adventure from a future Grand Master at the start of his long career, sky-high telescopes, interplanetary peril, and a dashing space-hero, in the wonder-struck style of the earliest pulp SF.

In its time

Published in 1931, during the 1930s, space opera soars.

Reading it

1 hr 55 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

Leo Morey