The Steam Man of the Prairies is the work of Edward Ellis , the first American science fiction boulevard novel [1] , the prototype of a series of books about Frank Reed . One of the first examples of the Edisonada genre [2] , which spurred its development. Ellis was a prolific writer of the 19th century, better known as a historian and biographer, was the source of the first stories about pioneers pioneers in the style of J. Cooper . This novel may have been inspired by a steam-powered robot designed by American inventor Zadok Dederic [3] . The novel has survived six reprints from 1868 to 1904 [4] . A copy of the first edition of 1868 is kept at the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia [5] .
| Steam Man on the Prairies | |
|---|---|
| The Steam Man of the Prairies | |
 Beadle's American Novel No. Release Cover 45, August 1868, including the work | |
| Author | Edward Ellis |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Original language | English |
| Original published | 1868 |
| Translator | Nikolay Vasiliev |
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Editions
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Story
Ethan Hopkins and Mickey Mccquizle, the Yankees and the Irishman, meet a huge steam-powered human-like machine on the American prairies. It was built by a teenager, Johnny Brainerd, who travels through the Wild West in a wagon driven by a steam man.
Editions
- Edward S. Ellis . The Steam Man of the Prairies // Beadle's American Novel - No. 45, August 1868.
- Edward S. Ellis . The huge hunter; or, The Steam Man of the Prairies // Beadle's Half Dime Library - Vol. 11 No. 271, October 3, 1882.
- Edward S. Ellis . The huge hunter; or, The Steam Man of the Prairies // Beadle's Half Dime Library - No. 1156.
- Edward S. Ellis . The huge hunter; or, The Steam Man of the Prairies // Beadle's New Dime Novels - No. 591, January 27, 1885.
- Edward S. Ellis . The huge hunter; or, The Steam Man of the Prairies // Beadle's Pocket Novels - No. 40, January 4, 1876.
- Edward S. Ellis . The huge hunter; or, The Steam Man of the Prairies // Frank Starr's American Novels - No. 14, 1869.
- Edward S. Ellis . Baldy's Boy Partner; or, Young Brainerd's Steam Man // Pocket Library - No. 245, September 19, 1888.
See also
- Steam Man Dederic and Grasse
Notes
- ↑ Everett Franklin Bleiler, Richard Bleiler. Science-fiction, the Early Years: A Full Description of More Than 3,000 Science-fiction Stories from Earliest Times to the Appearance of the Genre Magazines in 1930: with Author, Title, and Motif Indexes. - Kent State University Press, 1990 .-- S. 220.
- ↑ Edisonade . The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction .
- ↑ Bleiler, op. cit.
- ↑ Tim DeForest. Storytelling in the Pulps, Comics, and Radio: How Technology Changed Popular Fiction in America. - McFarland. - S. 18.
- ↑ Joseph Lovece. Dime Novel Robots 1868-1899. - Createspace, 2015.
Links
- Steam man on the prairie in lib.ru
- The Huge Hunter, or Steam Man on the Prairies in the Gutenberg Project
- Audiobook Prairie Steam Man on the LibriVox Website
- Steam Man: The World's First Robot Character