A Journey In Other Worlds

Ayrault manipulated the silk-covered glass handles and the Callisto moved on slowly in comparison with its recent speed- and all remained glued to their telescopes as they peered through the rushing clouds now forming and now dissolving before their eyes.' (Excerpt)

John Jacob Astor (1864-1912) was one of the wealthiest men in the world and an inventor of such devices as the pneumatic walkway, a bicycle brake, a flying machine, and an internal combustion engine. He died on the doomed Titanic voyage. S. M. Stirling is the author of such novels as Island in the Sea of Time, The Peshawar Lancers, Conquistador, and The Domination.