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Terrifying beauty: the imaginary world of Garrett Serviss.(Critical essay)
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West Virginia University Philological Papers
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September 22, 2006
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- Monahan, Kathleen N.
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2006 West Virginia University, Department of Foreign Languages. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Lunar mountains glittering with diamonds and asteroids formed of gold. Cities bathed in light and forests soaring a thousand feet above red vegetation. These splendors astonish Thomas Edison and the crews of his spaceships on their voyage through space to Mars. (1)
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