Under the Sea to the North Pole

by Pierre Mael

  For my new edition of the book, I replaced the missing text and corrected all of the translation errors and factual mistakes (for instance, having Professor Arronax return from the “Badlands” of Nebraska instead of the original version’s “disagreeable territory”). The book also includes numerous maps, appendices, and a detailed schematic of the Nautilus.

  From the Earth to the Moon and Round the Moon have been translated entirely from scratch, with thousands of words of text restored that have never before been seen in any other English edition. Like the other Verne titles, they contain extensive notes and appendices.

  Journey to the Center of the Earth is another new translation that also includes maps and some three hundred notes. The new editions of Off on a Comet! and Purchase of the North Pole are based on vintage nineteenth century texts which have been carefully edited for errors and missing text. In addition to the Verne novels I’ve included a brand-new translation of Doctor Omega (1906), by Arnould Galopin. This will be the first time this classic novel about a trip to Mars has appeared in English complete and unabridged. The original illustrations are also included.

  All of these books were designed for print editions. Adapting the book for ebook editions brought an entirely new set of problems, largely generated by the inherent simple nature of the electronic book. For example, much, if not all, of the special formatting and typography of the originals had to be abandoned. Illustrations could be retained, however, which pleased me since they not only added character to all the books, they were an intrinsic part of many. Leaving the art out of some of them would be like Alice without Tenniel.

  In the end, I hope to have created not only a library of fascinating books that may be entirely new to many modern readers, but also a kind of monument to those pioneers who laid the foundation for space exploration. For I very much believe that while engineers and scientists made space travel a reality, it was invented by Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne. H.G. Wells, and their scores of less illustrious colleagues who not only bore the torch when science laughed at the possibility of leaving our planet, but inspired those who ultimately made that dream come true.

  The Ron Miller Science Fiction Classics Collection

  PART I: THE CONQUEST OF SPACE

  The Archeology of Space Travel

  (space travel books from the 18th and early 19th centuries)

  The Life and Astonishing Adventures of John Daniel (1751), Ralph Morris, illustrated

  Voyage to the Moon (1827), George Tucker

  Journeys to the Moon (includes "The Moon Hoax" by Richard Adams Locke, "The Unparalleled Adventures of Hans Pfaall" by Edgar Allan Poe and "Journey...to the newly discovered Planet Georgium Sidus" by "Vivenair", illustrated

  Trip to the Moon, Lucian of Samosata

  Iter Lunaire (1703), David Russen

  A Voyage to Cacklogallinia (1727), "Samuel Brunt"

  Gulliver Joi (1851), Elbert Perce, illustrated

  The Consolidator (1705), Daniel Defoe

  Trips to the Moon

  Daybreak (1896), James Cowan, illustrated

  The Conquest of the Moon (1889), Andre Laurie, illustrated

  Drowsy (1917), J.A. Mitchell, illustrated

  The Moon Conquerors (1930), R.H. Roman

  A History of a Voyage to the Moon (1864), "Chrysostom Trueman"

  The Moon Colony (1937), William Dixon Bell, illustrated by Ron Miller

  To the Moon and Back in Ninety Hours (1922), John Young Brown, illustrated

  Pioneers of Space (1949), George Adamski

  A Christmas Dinner With the Man in the Moon (1880), illustrated

  Flights to and from Mars

  Doctor Omega (1906), Arnould Goupin (translated by Ron Miller), illustrated

  To Mars via the Moon (1911), Mark Wicks, illustrated

  A Plunge Into Space (1890), Robert Cromie

  A Trip to Mars (1909), Fenton Ash, illustrated

  War of the Worlds (includes The Crystal Egg and The Things That Live On Mars), H.G. Wells. Illustrated

  Gulliver of Mars (1905), Edwin Arnold

  Across the Zodiac (1880), Percy Greg

  Journeys to Other Worlds

  The Moon-Maker (includes The Man Who Rocked the Earth) (1916), Arthur Train and Robert Wood

  A Trip to Venus (includes "Daybreak on the Moon") (1897), John Munro

  A Honeymoon in Space (1900), George Griffith, illustrated

  The Brick Moon (includes "On Vesta" by K.E. Tsiolkovsky) (1869), E.E. Hale

  A Columbus of Space (1894), Garrett Serviss, illustrated

  Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (1909), Mark Twain

  Zero to Eighty (1937), "Akkad Pseudoman" (E.F. Northrup)

  Aleriel (Voice from Another World, 1874 and Letters from the Planets, 1883), W.S. Lach-Szyrma, illustrated

  A Journey in Other Worlds (1894), J. J. Astor. Illustrated

  Deutsche im Weltall

  (Germans in Space)

  By Rocket to the Moon (1931), Otto Willi Gail, illustrated

  The Shot Into Infinity (1925), Otto Willi Gail, illustrated

  The Stone From the Moon (1926), Otto Willi Gail, illustrated

  Between Earth and Moon (1930), Otfrid von Hanstein, illustrated

  Distant Worlds (1932), Friedrich Mader, illustrated

  A Daring Flight to Mars (1931), Max Valier

  Space Travel for Junior Space Cadets

  Through Space to Mars (1910), "Roy Rockwood" (Howard R. Garis)

  Lost on the Moon (1911)), "Roy Rockwood" (Howard R. Garis)

  Rocket Riders Across the Ice (1933), Howard R. Garis, illustrated

  Rocket Riders in Stormy Seas (1933), Howard R. Garis, illustrated

  Rocket Riders in the Air (1934), Howard R. Garis, illustrated

  Adrift in the Stratosphere (1937), A.M. Low, illustrated

  Jules Verne

  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne, translated and edited by Ron Miller. Illustrated

  A Journey to the Center of the Earth, translated, annotated and edited by Ron Miller. Illustrated

  Off on a Comet!, Jules Verne, edited by Ron Miller, illustrated

  From the Earth to the Moon (includes Around the Moon), Jules Verne, translated and edited by Ron Miller. Illustrated

  The Purchase of the North Pole, edited by Ron Miller, illustrated

  Science Fiction by Gaslight

  The End of Books (1884), Octave Uzanne, illustrated by Albert Robida

  Under the Sea to the North Pole (1898), Pierre Mael, illustrated

  Penguin Island (1908), Anatole France, illustrated by Frank C. Pape

  The Crystal City Under the Sea (1896), Andre Laurie, illustrated

  The Earth-Tube (1929), Gawain Edwards (G. Edward Pendray)

  PART II: FIREBRANDS OF SCIENCE FICTION

  Heroines

  Three Go Back (1932), J. Leslie Mitchell

  The Flying Legion (1920), George Allen England, illustrated

  The Island of Captain Sparrow (1928), S. Fowler Wright

  Under the Sea to the North Pole (1898), Pierre Mael, illustrated

  Fugitive Anne (1904), Rose Praed, illustrated

  Lentala of the South Seas (1908), W.C. Morrow

  The Girl in the Golden Atom (1923), Ray Cummings

  Maza of the Moon (1929), Otis Adelbert Kline

  Bad Girls

  Atlantida (1920), Pierre Benoit

  Out of the Silence (1928), Erle Cox

  Swordwomen

  The Lost Continent (1900), C.J. Cutcliffe-Hyne

  The Legend of Croquemitaine (1874), Ernest L'Epine, illustrated by Gustave Dore

  Not Quite Human

  The Beetle (1897). Richard Marsh, illustrated

  Carmilla (1872), J. Sheridan LeFanu

  The Lair of the White Worm (1911), Bram Stoker, illustrated

  The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins (1751), Richard Paltock, illustrated

  The Sea Lady (1902), H.G. Wells, illustrated

  Angel Island (
1914), Inez Haynes Gilmore

  The Future Eve (1926), Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, illustrated

  The Coming Race (1871), Edward Bulwer-Lytton