The Story of a Wrecked Record Greg, Percy 1836-1889 creator text utu 2003 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Across the Zodiac" by Percy Greg is a science fiction novel published in 1880. It follows an unnamed narrator who invents apergy, a form of anti-gravitational energy, and travels to Mars in a spacecraft he names the Astronaut. There he encounters a civilization of small beings who refuse to believe he's from Earth. This groundbreaking work is credited as the first science fiction novel set primarily on Mars and introduces the first documented use of the term "astronaut." (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across_the_Zodiac Release date is 2003-11-01 E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Keith M. Eckrich, Tom Allen, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Science fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10165 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10165 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133240.0 10165