The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars, Being the Posthumous Papers of Bradford Torrey Dodd (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Henry, Matthew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451007094 ISBN 13 : 9781451007091

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Messages From Mars offers a doorway into a bold mix of science, loss, and otherworldly communication.

A moving, thought‑provoking narrative follows a scientist father and his son as they explore electricity, magnetism, and the possibility of life beyond death on Mars. This edition presents a posthumous account framed as a remarkable journey between Earth and a distant world. The unfolding story blends family memory with speculative science and a dreamlike voyage to a Martian realm. Readers encounter scenes of laboratories, auroral lights, and a society of thinkers who listen for messages carried across the void. The text balances personal grief with scientific curiosity, inviting contemplation of what science and spirituality might share when separated by vast distances.

• A father–son collaboration that pushes the boundaries of electricity and telegraphy across space
• Vivid descriptions of Mars as a place where human questions about life, death, and connection take on new form
• Dialogues that mix scientific detail with philosophical reflection
• A narrative that invites credence, while distinguishing memory from factual certainty

Ideal for readers who enjoy speculative science, historical imagination, and stories that fuse technology with existential wonder. If you’re curious about how clever experiments and a longing to reconnect with loved ones might sound across the cosmos, this book could be a perfect fit.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars, Being the Posthumous Papers of Bradford Torrey Dodd

The extraordinary character of the story here published, which some peculiar circumstances have fortunately, I think, put into my hands, will excite a curiosity as vivid as the incidents of the narratives are themselves astonishing and unprecedented. To satisfy, as far as I can, a few natural inquiries which must be elicited by its publication, I beg to explain how this unusual posthumous paper came into my possession.

It was written by Bradford Torrey Dodd, who died at Christ Church, New Zealand, January, 1895, after a lingering illness in which consumption developed, which was attributed to the exposure he had experienced in receiving some of the wireless messages his singular history details. I was not acquainted with Mr. Dodd, but some information, acquired since the reception of his manuscript, has completely satisfied me, that, however interpreted.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The extraordinary character of the story here published, which some peculiar circumstances have fortunately, I think, put into my hands, will excite a curiosity as vivid as the incidents of the narratives are themselves astonishing and unprecedented. To satisfy, as far as I can, a few natural inquiries which must be elicited by its publication, I beg to explain how this unusual posthumous paper came into my possession. It was written by Bradford Torrey Dodd, who died at Christ Church, New Zealand, January, 1895, after a lingering illness in which consumption developed, which was attributed to the exposure he had experienced in receiving some of the wireless messages his singular history details. I was not acquainted with Mr. Dodd, but some information, acquired since the reception of his manuscript, has completely satisfied me, that, however interpreted, Mr.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451007094
• ISBN 13: 9781451007091
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
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