Reprint of the classic Edgar Wallace novel (1905)

Edward S. Ellis' 1869 novel has been called the first 'edisonade' - that is, a tale of an entrepreneurial young US inventor,... More > whose marvelous steam man gets him into, and out of, adversity. Fighting Indians. Hunting for gold. (This isn't your grandfather's steampunk. It's your great-grandfather's steampunk.)

This book is a BETA version. I'm hoping to correct the text against an early edition at some point. As it stands, it is based on somewhat uncertain web sources. < Less

Along with the Epic of Gilgamesh and The Three Little Pigs, Edward E. Hale's "The Brick Moon" (1869) is one of the great... More > brickpunk classics of world literature. Sandemanian technopreneurs look to the bold, bricks&mortar future, with their flywheel-launched, satellite-based global positioning system; but learn valuable life lessons instead. < Less

Edward S. Ellis' 1869 novel has been called the first 'edisonade' - that is, a tale of an entrepreneurial young US inventor,... More > whose marvelous steam man gets him into, and out of, adversity. Fighting Indians. Hunting for gold. (This isn't your grandfather's steampunk. It's your great-grandfather's steampunk.)

This book is a BETA version. I'm hoping to correct the text against an early edition at some point. As it stands, it is based on somewhat uncertain web sources. < Less

Along with the Epic of Gilgamesh and The Three Little Pigs, Edward E. Hale's "The Brick Moon" (1869) is one of the great... More > brickpunk classics of world literature. Sandemanian technopreneurs look to the bold, bricks&mortar future, with their flywheel-launched, satellite-based global positioning system; but learn valuable life lessons instead. < Less

Reprint of the classic Edgar Wallace novel (1905)