Life in a Thousand Worlds eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 193 pages of information about Life in a Thousand Worlds.

Life in a Thousand Worlds eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 193 pages of information about Life in a Thousand Worlds.

CHAPTER V.

Beautiful Saturn.

Physical features.  Woman the ruling genius.  Excursions in airships.  Illustration.  Marvelous language-music.  Churches on Saturn far better than those on Earth.

CHAPTER VI.

The Nearest Fixed Star.

The inhabitants of Alpha Centaurus live as comfortably in fire as Earthites live in air or fishes in water.  One of their aerial fire carriages described.  Illustration.

CHAPTER VII.

The Water World Visited.

On Stazza the people live in water about as fishes do on Earth.  Their homes and cities under water described.  Fishing for land animals.  Illustration.  Some of their inventions far surpass those of our own world.

CHAPTER VIII.

Tortu.

A far more beautiful world than ours.  The moral life of Tortu the cleanest found in any world, and interesting reasons given.

CHAPTER XI

A Problem in Political Economy.

On Airess the inhabitants live on liquid air, and hence have neither noses nor lungs.  Monopolists control liquid air on Airess as petroleum is controlled on Earth.  Illustration.  Method of breaking up the power of monopolies.  This chapter is worth reading by millions of American men and women.

CHAPTER X.

Floating Cities.

Palaces and large cities built on water.  Illustration.  A number of wonderful inventions described.  Far surpass our world in reform movements.

CHAPTER XI.

A World of Ideal Cities.

Inhabitants described.  Author made captive.  Rich and poor.  Ideal cities, how governed.

CHAPTER XII.

A World Enjoying Its Millennium.

How the Millennium was ushered in.  The conditions under which millennial life is enjoyed.

CHAPTER XIII.

A World of High Medical Knowledge.

On Dorelyn four billions of inhabitants all enjoy perfect health.  The government controls the whole field of medical science just as we do the post office department.  No patent medicine on Dorelyn.  Many new ideas picked up in medicine and surgery.

CHAPTER XIV.

A World of Low Life.

On Scum exist the lowest conditions of life found in any stellar world.  “Notched Rod” language explained.  Lizard like human forms.  No Scumite knows who is his father or mother.  A big Scumite battle witnessed.  Illustration.

CHAPTER XV.

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