Across the Zodiac

by Percy Greg

Overview

Percy Greg (1836 - 1889) was an English writer who often wrote about politics. Across the Zodiac (1880) is an early science fiction novel, said to be the progenitor of the sword-and-planet genre. Greg created what may have been the first artistic language that was described with linguistic and grammatical terminology. The novel contained the first instance in the English language of the word "Astronaut".

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781530243730
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/28/2016
Pages:	382
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.02(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Percy Greg (1836 - 1889), son of William Rathbone Greg, was an English writer. Percy Greg, like his father, wrote about politics, but his views were violently reactionary: his History of the United States to the Reconstruction of the Union (1887) can be said to be more of a polemic, rather than a history. His Across the Zodiac (1880) is an early science fiction novel, said to be the progenitor of the sword-and-planet genre. For that novel, Greg created what may have been the first artistic language that was described with linguistic and grammatical terminology. It also contained what is possibly the first instance in the English language of the word "Astronaut". In 2010 a crater on Mars was named Greg in recognition of his contribution to the lore of Mars.