Podcast Introduction to the To Be Continued database

This story started with such promise. Representations of science, meeting aliens on the moon that were taller due to the gravity. I should have expected disappointment when after much scientific discussion about the dark side of the moon, the author, who only went by the initials F. N. wrote “How […]

As discussed in a previous blog post, I identified a great space opera story in Australian Newspaper Fiction from 1901. Unfortunately it was missing chapter IV. I am very grateful for the help of both the National Library of Australia and Melbourne University Library in finding the missing chapter. At […]

It is a shame that nothing much happens in the story for months. Well, a lot happens, but it is from the point of view of the inventor describing his life. And, to draw out this trip even further, not only do we get various adventures, we even get a […]