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A Honeymoon in Space
George Griffith · 1901 · Adventure, Science Fiction, Romance
In 1901, years before rockets, an English lord builds the Astronef — a ship of metal and glass that sails the gulfs between the worlds — and carries off his bride for the strangest honeymoon ever taken: a cruise across the whole Solar System. From the dead Moon to warlike Mars, from the winged Eden of Venus and the crystal cities of Ganymede to the rings of Saturn, George Griffith's classic scientific romance unrolls the cosmos as a map for two travellers in love.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 19 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Atlas of the Voyage — the Solar System, world by world.
The MoonThe silent, dying Moon of Tycho and Newton — the travellers' first landfall beyond the Earth.
A Map of Connections — the honeymooners, the Astronef, and the worlds they visit.
The Characters — the travellers and the peoples of the worlds, in medallion.
The Characters — the crew of the Astronef and the folk of the planets, at full length.
Lord Redgrave — the inventor-lord of the Astronef.
The Astronef Overtakes the Liner — the first cruise begins.
The Ram Strikes — the war-fleets of Mars.
This edition
- Title
- A Honeymoon in Space
- Author
- George Griffith (1857–1906)
- First published
- 1901
- Illustrated plates
- 41 original artworks · 19 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 22 · about 63,944 words
- Reading time
- 4 h 16 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #19476
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