Lost Ray Bradbury Interview Set in Motion by Blank & Blank

In a lost 1972 road trip interview, Ray Bradbury told a couple of college journalists his thoughts on like minded friends, never driving a car, and why his science fiction stories were frequently set on Mars.

In the first half of the nineteenth century, however, the moon was all the rage for science fiction short stories. Check out "A Visit to the Lunar Sphere" of 1820 to learn about an interesting Lunarian named Zuloc that's found in Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Short Stories 1800-1849.

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Got a sci-fi fan on your holiday wishlist? Mesaerion:  The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849 will impress by the fire. I researched forgotten journals and magazines of the early 19th century to locate groundbreaking science fiction short stories in the English language. In doing so, I found what is possibly the first science fiction story by a female (and it is not from Mary Shelley). I located the first steampunk short story, which has not been republished since 1844. There is the first voyage to the moon in a balloon, republished for the first time since 1820 that further tells of a darkness machine and a lunarian named Zuloc. Other classic sci-fi stories include the first robotic insect and an electricity gun.

Classic Science Fiction Stories in the Anthology
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar - Edgar Allan Poe
The Aerial Burglar - Percival Leigh
A Visit to the Lunar Sphere - Captain Frederick Marryat
Glimpses of Other Worlds - Thomas Charles Morgan
Hilda Silfverling, A Fantasy - Lydia Maria Child
Rappaccini's Daughter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Rival Mechanicians - Lydia Maria Child
A Descent Into the Maelstrom - Edgar Allan Poe
The Artist of the Beautiful - Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Iron Shroud - William Mudford

OUR OWN COUNTRY
So mechanical has the age become, that men seriously talk of flying machines, to go by steam,--not your air-balloons, but real Daedalian wings, made of wood and joints, nailed to your shoulder,--not wings of feathers and wax like the wings of Icarus, who fell into the Cretan sea, but real, solid, substantial, rock-maple wings with wrought-iron hinges, and huge concavities, to propel us through the air. Knickerbocker Magazine, May 1835

List of tales in Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849

So what are these classic and early short science fiction stories uncovered from old magazines and journals of the first half of the 19th century? Check out this list of forgotten classics. Yes, with some work you can probably find most of them online, is that really worth your time? You will also not get the author photos, story backgrounds and annotations (Book only) of these great science fiction stories found in Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849.

• The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar – Edgar Allan Poe
• The Aerial Burglar – Percival Leigh
• A Visit to the Lunar Sphere – Captain Frederick Marryat
• Glimpses of Other Worlds – Thomas Charles Morgan
• Hilda Silfverling, A Fantasy – Lydia Maria Child
• Rappaccini’s Daughter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Rival Mechanicians – Lydia Maria Child
• A Descent Into the Maelstrom – Edgar Allan Poe
• The Artist of the Beautiful – Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Iron Shroud – William Mudford

News of Asteroid with Comet-Like Tales Reminds of First Science Fiction Short Story About Comets

The Hubbel telescope has recently spotted a strange asteroid with six comet-like tales. Whenever I hear interesting scientific news like this I always want to know if (and when) science fiction authors first wrote about such an event.

Turns out in 1835, Sir Thomas Charles Morgan (1783-1843)--husband of the popular novelist Lady Morgan--came pretty close. He wrote the first science fiction short story where the protagonist rides on a comet that he controls by a "filial or two" of concentrated gravity. The tale is called "Glimpses of Other Worlds" and you can find it my recently published anthology - Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849.

Balloon Trip to the Moon - Only 193 Years in the Making

For only $75,000 balloon trips to the moon are being offered. Will it actually work? Check out this video. Technology has finally caught up to a science fiction writer who described of these types of trips in 1820.

Years before Edgar Allan Poe' popular "[Balloon Hoax]" tale, another was published that not only sent the first earthling to the moon in a balloon, but when he arrives, he meets the first lunarian whose name was Zuloc.

What was the name of the first sci-fi short story of a trip to the moon in a balloon and who wrote it? You can find the story and my thoughts on who the author was in Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849.

Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849 is Now Published!

Andrew Barger, award-winning author and engineer, has extensively researched forgotten journals and magazines of the early 19th century to locate groundbreaking science fiction short stories in the English language. In doing so, he found what is possibly the first science fiction story by a female (and it is not from Mary Shelley). Andrew located the first steampunk short story, which has not been republished since 1844. There is the first voyage to the moon in a balloon, republished for the first time since 1820 that further tells of a darkness machine and a lunarian named Zuloc.

Other sci-stories include the first robotic insect and an electricity gun. Once again, Andrew has searched old texts to find the very best science fiction stories from the period when the genre automated to life, some of the stories are published for the first time in nearly 200 years. As expected, the founding fathers of the short sci-fi story are present including Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Read these fantastic stories today!

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Cover Revleal "Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849" Edited by Andrew Barger

Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849 Edited by Andrew Barger

It's a holiday weekend here in America and what better time to reveal the cover for my latest book: Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849? Soon I will announce what great sci-fi stories I have uncovered, some of which have not been republished in over 150 years. Meantime, the ebook is out now if you simply cannot wait. You know who you are!

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