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Containing several incidents of Selenomania, that partickular Moon Madness which has so captivated the Minds and Pens of Authors since the Ancient Times, including the early works of Messers Verne and Wells, considered by Many to be the Greatest and Most Influential voices in the beginnings of the Science Fiction genre in that excellent nineteenth Century, as well as several shorter Works spanning the scientific and the pseudoscientific, as well as a brief Sketch of that wonderful invention Radio, which we hope does not incense the Appreciators of our Goode Balkan Friend.

Timestamps:

Introduction, Edgar Allan Poe - "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" (1835), Richard Locke - "The Great Moon Hoax" (1835) (0:00)

Jules Verne - "From the Earth to the Moon" (1865), "Around the Moon" (1869) (22:44)

H.G. Wells - "The First Men in the Moon" (1901) (1:00:56)

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky - "On the Moon" (1893) (2:19:24)

Bibliography:

Butcher, William. "Jules Verne: The Definitive Biography". 2006

Carlson, Bernard. "Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age". 2015

Sherborne, Michael. "H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life". 2010

White, Thomas H. "Nikola Tesla: The Guy Who DIDN'T 'Invent  Radio'". 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20201002065253/https://earlyradiohistory.us/tesla.htm