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| Author | Hugh MacColl |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Publication date | 1889 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Mr. Stranger's Sealed Packet is a short novel by Hugh MacColl. It was first published in English in 1889. This novel is now out of print.
The novel deals with a journey to Mars in a flying machine and describes the history and customs of the Martians, depicting a scientifically advanced utopian society.
Further reading
- Bleiler, Everett Franklin (1990). "MacColl, Hugh". Science-fiction, the Early Years: A Full Description of More Than 3,000 Science-fiction Stories from Earliest Times to the Appearance of the Genre Magazines in 1930: with Author, Title, and Motif Indexes. With the assistance of Richard J. Bleiler. Kent State University Press. pp. 459–460. ISBN 978-0-87338-416-2.
- Crossley, Robert (2011). "Inventing a New Mars". Imagining Mars: A Literary History. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 51–55. ISBN 978-0-8195-7105-2.
- Olsen, Stein Haugom (December 1998). "Hugh MacColl—Victorian" (PDF). Nordic Journal of Philosophical Logic. Scandinavian University Press. 3 (1): 197–229. eISSN 0806-6213. ISSN 0806-6205.
External links
- Contemporary review from Nature: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science Volume 40 July 25, 1889
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