Serviss, Garrett Putman 1851-1929 creator text utu 2007 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Edison's Conquest of Mars" by Garrett P. Serviss is a science fiction novel published in 1898. Written as a sequel to an unauthorized version of H. G. Wells's "The War of the Worlds," the story follows Thomas Edison leading Earth's united forces in a counter-attack against Mars. After developing revolutionary technology including anti-gravity ships and disintegration rays, humanity launches an armada into space. The novel pioneered numerous science fiction concepts, from space suits to asteroid mining, making Serviss arguably the first American professional science fiction writer. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison%27s_Conquest_of_Mars Release date is 2007-06-03 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Science fiction Martians -- Fiction Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Space travelers -- Fiction PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21670 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21670 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133511.0 21670