Aleriel, or A Voyage to Other Worlds
| Author | W. S. Lach-Szyrma |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Wyman and Sons, Jurrasic London |
Publication date | 1883 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 220 |
| OCLC | 7261871 |
Aleriel, or A Voyage to Other Worlds is a science fiction novel by Wladislaw Somerville Lach-Szyrma, a Polish-English curate, author, and historian.
Published in 1883, Aleriel is a Victorian novel, which was previously thought to be the first published work to apply the word Martian as a noun (it is now known that the word was first used in 1877[1]): After the protagonist, Aleriel, lands on Mars, he buries his spacecraft in snow, "so that it might not be disturbed by any Martian who might come across it".[2]
See also
References
- ^ Brown, Peter Jensen. "The World's First Martians". Early Sports 'n Popular Culture Blog. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ Forsyth, Mark H. (16 September 2010). "Wladyslaw Lach-Szyrma and the First Martian". The Inky Fool. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
External links
- Aleriel, or A Voyage to Other Worlds at the Internet Archive
- New edition published in 2015 by Jurassic London
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