Cherry Tree Fantasy Book 406 (ca. 1950s). British paperback. Uncredited Cover Art
“Ralph 124C41+: Thrilling Adventures in the year 2660” by Hugo Gernsback.
An early science fiction novel, written as a twelve-part serial in Modern Electrics magazine, which Gernsback edited, beginning in April 1911. It was compiled into novel/book form in 1925. While it pioneered many ideas found in later science fiction, it has been critically panned for its "inept writing." Some successful predictions from this novel include television (and channel surfing), remote-control power transmission, the videophone, transcontinental air service, solar energy in practical use, sound movies, synthetic milk and foods, artificial cloth, voiceprinting, tape recorders, and spaceflight. It also contains "...the first accurate description of radar, complete with diagram...", according to Arthur C. Clarke in his "non-genre" novel “Glide Path” (1963). [Source: Wikipedia]
Seventh book in the Cherry Tree Fantasy Books Series
Cherry Tree Fantasy Book 406 (ca. 1950s). British paperback. Uncredited Cover Art
“Ralph 124C41+: Thrilling Adventures in the year 2660” by Hugo Gernsback.
An early science fiction novel, written as a twelve-part serial in Modern Electrics magazine, which Gernsback edited, beginning in April 1911. It was compiled into novel/book form in 1925. While it pioneered many ideas found in later science fiction, it has been critically panned for its "inept writing." Some successful predictions from this novel include television (and channel surfing), remote-control power transmission, the videophone, transcontinental air service, solar energy in practical use, sound movies, synthetic milk and foods, artificial cloth, voiceprinting, tape recorders, and spaceflight. It also contains "...the first accurate description of radar, complete with diagram...", according to Arthur C. Clarke in his "non-genre" novel “Glide Path” (1963). [Source: Wikipedia]
Seventh book in the Cherry Tree Fantasy Books Series