Garrett Putnam Serviss
(1851–1929)

American astronomer, science educator and writer of science fiction

Garrett Putnam Serviss

Works

  • Astronomy in a nutshell

Bibliography

Scientific Popularizations
  • Astronomy Through an Opera Glass, 1888
  • Pleasures of the Telescope, 1901
  • Other Worlds: Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries, 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
  • The Einstein Theory of Relativity, 1923[1]
Science Fiction
  • Edison's Conquest of Mars, 1898 novel (written on commission from The Boston Post as a sequel to "Fighters from Mars", an un-authorized and heavily altered version of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds)
  • "The Moon Metal", 1900 (short story)
  • A Columbus of Space, 1909 novel (dedicated to people who read Jules Verne and written in his style; first published in All-Story Weekly magazine in 1909; republished by G. W. Dilligham in 1974, by Hyperion Press)
  • The Sky Pirate, 1909 novel (published in serialized form; published in book form by Pulpville Press, 2018)
  • The Second Deluge, 1911 novel[2]
  • The Moon Maiden, 1915 novel

References

  1. Serviss, Garrett (1923). The Einstein Theory of Relativity. New York: Edwin Miles Fadman. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  2. Garrett P. Serviss (1911). The Second Deluge. pp. 274 pages.

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.


The author died in 1929, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 
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