George Griffith

A Honeymoon in Space George Griffith

One of the first novels about interplanetary travel, A Honeymoon in Space takes readers on a journey across the solar systemLenox, the Earl of Redgrave, has made the greatest scientific discovery in the history of the world: a flying ship with the power to break free of Earth's gravity and take to the stars. But before he uses it to expand humanity's understanding of the universe, he has some personal business to attend to-namely, wooing an old flame. The lady in question is Zaidie, the daughter of Lenox's colleague Professor Rennick. With Zaidie about to be forced into a loveless marriage, Lenox knows he must do something drastic. He steals her away and takes her out of this world-literally. Griffith's accounts of other planets are spectacularly engaging-from subterranean civilizations on the moon to the warlike Martians to the musical inhabitants of Venus. This remarkable adventure makes for a memorable honeymoon indeed. A delightful story of the exploits of a young couple and what they saw on the various places that they visited. Written in the turn of the century the craft leaves to the imagination what may occur.