 a journey in other worlds: a romance of the future is a science fiction novel by john jacob astor iv, published in 1894.jean pfaelzer, the utopian novel in america 1886&ndash;1896: the politics of form, pittsburgh, university of pittsburgh press, 1984; pp. 108-11. isbn 0-8229-5413-3 the book offers a fictional account of life in the year 2000. it contains abundant speculation about technological invention, including descriptions of a worldwide telephone network, solar power, air travel, space travel to the planets saturn and jupiter, and terraforming engineering projects &mdash; damming the arctic ocean, and adjusting the earth's axial tilt (by the terrestrial axis straightening company). in astor's novel, the future united states is a multi-continental superpower. european nations have been taken over by socialist governments, which have sold most of their african colonies to the u.s.; and canada, mexico, and the countries of south america have requested annexation. race conflict is a thing of the past, since the "dark elements" of the american hegemony have died out. space travel is achieved through apergy, an anti-gravitational energy force. jupiter proves to be a jungle world, with flesh-eating plants, vampire bats, giant snakes and mastodons, and flying lizards. the americans discover a wealth of exploitable resources: iron, silver, gold, lead, copper, coal, and oil. saturn, in contrast, is an ancient world of silent spirits. the spirit beings provide the explorers with foresight of their own deaths. a paperback edition of a journey in other worlds was issued in 2003.john jacob astor, a journey in other worlds: a romance of the future, lincoln, ne, bison frontiers of imagination series, bison books, 2003. isbn 0-8032-5949-2. ==see also==  * across the zodiac * annals of the twenty-ninth century * the great romance * journey to mars * journey to venus * a prophetic romance ==references==  ==external links== *  
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