|
|
|
In the Deep of Time by George Parsons Lathrop:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
This story is sometimes called Thomas Edison's novel, because he spent a lot of time working on Progress, a science fiction story he abandoned but not before producing many pages of notes.
George Parsons Lathrup originally offered to collaborate with Edison on his memoirs, having written about him for magazines. He and Edison had five or six interviews together in which "in which Edison poured out suggestions faster than Lathrop could assimilate them" according to an Australian newspaper.
('In the Deep of Time' by George Parsons Lathrop)
In his 1908 biography, Edison told Lathrop that he “would rather invent a dozen useful things, including a mechanical novelist who would turn out works of fiction when the machinery was set in motion, than go any further with the electrical novel.”
But Lathrop went ahead anyway. Select
an invention:
Electric Bicycle A two-wheeled device utilizing stored electricity as motive power.
|
Glow-Worm Living Alternated work, play and slumber without long periods of sleep.
|
Home Planet Usually the birthplace of your species or simply your planet of origin.
|
Life-Brew A non-alcoholic beverage, but similar to wine.
|
Vivification A process by which the body can be preserved for centuries at body temperature and then revived.
|
Technovelgy.com is devoted
to the creative inventions of science fiction authors and movie makers. Look
for the Science Fiction Invention Category that
interests you, the Glossary of Science Fiction
Inventions, the Timeline of Science Fiction
Inventions, or see what's New.
Find new authors and technologies - Shop for yourself,
your library and your lab.
|
|
Science
Fiction
in the News
SpaceX Wants A Moonbase Alpha
re: L. Ron Hubbard
(4/6/2024)
Vast Apartment Living Will Get Even More Vast
re: Louis Tucker
(4/4/2024)
NASA Wants Self-Driving Or Remote-Controlled Vehicles For Lunar Astronauts
re: Stanley G. and Helen Weinbaum
(4/2/2024)
Elon Musk Says Robotaxis Will Be Ready This August, 2024
re: Miles J. Breuer
(3/30/2024)
Moonwalkers AI-Controlled Electric Shoes
re: Hugo Gernsback
(3/28/2024)
Steve Jobs: 'Capture The Next Aristotle - With AI'
re: William Gibson
(3/26/2024)
No Tips! Robotic Food Delivery In Phoenix
re: Robert Heinlein
(3/24/2024)
Electric Catamaran 'Explorer Eco 40m' Has 'Solar Skin'
re: John Baker Hopkins
(3/22/2024)
Orbital Mechanics, The Liftoff, The Turnover, The Retrograde Burn
re: EE 'Doc' Smith
(3/20/2024)
Harvest Power From Tears And Blinking With Smart Contact Lens
re: Vernor Vinge
(3/18/2024)
Europa Clipper Plate Carries A Special Message
re: John Edwards
(3/16/2024)
Micro-Robots Are Smallest, Fully Functional
re: Raymond Z. Gallun
(3/14/2024)
AI Enhances Images Your Brain Sees
re: Stanley G. Weinbaum
(3/12/2024)
Illustrating Classic Heinlein With AI
re: Robert Heinlein
(3/10/2024)
More
SF in the News
|
|