A Journey in Other Worlds
- First published
- 1894
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future" by John Jacob Astor is a science fiction novel published in 1894. Set in the year 2000, it envisions a world transformed by technological marvels: worldwide telephone networks, solar power, and space travel. American explorers journey to Jupiter, encountering a dangerous jungle world filled with monstrous creatures and vast resources. On Saturn, they meet ancient spirits who reveal troubling prophecies about their fates and describe Cassandra, a distant icy world harboring unworthy souls.
- Science fiction
- Utopias
- Space ships
- Manned space flight
- Jupiter (Planet)
- Saturn (Planet)
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #1607. A Journey in Other Worlds on Wikipedia.