A Journey in Other Worlds

On Jupiter, a creature inflates its head, blasts itself into the air—and opens a serpent’s mouth full of fangs. President Bearwarden and his companions have come to study this strange world; now it may be studying them.

John Jacob Astor’s 1894 romance imagines the year 2000, when the secret of apergy has made journeys between planets possible. Aboard the Callisto, Bearwarden, Ayrault and Dr. Cortlandt descend through Jupiter’s clouds to a land of volcanoes, vast forests and enormous tracks. Their instruments suggest the air is breathable, but the wilderness teems with life unlike anything on Earth—and their rifles may not be enough. What else is waiting beyond the forest’s edge?

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