Geiger, Carl Ignaz,  1756-1791 <br/><br/>
Reise eines Erdbewohners in den Mars 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reise_eines_Erdbewohners_in_den_Mars  Release date is 2014-12-06 
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<br/><br/> "Reise eines Erdbewohners in den Mars" by Carl Ignaz Geiger is a satirical utopian short novel published in 1790. The anonymous narrator undertakes an interplanetary balloon voyage to Mars, where he encounters a civilization divided into four distinct states. As he journeys from one Martian society to another, he witnesses religious dogmatism, militaristic oppression, and finally a communal paradise without private property. Yet even utopia cannot overcome the pull of home. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Voyages, Imaginary -- Fiction Space flight to Mars -- Fiction 
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