This new edition of Hale's classic tale of Victorian science fiction been carefully collected from the novel's first serialised publication in The Atlantic Monthly. Plus, this includes a new sequel - "Another Brick in the Moon" - from award-winning author Adam Roberts. The Brick Moon comes complete with a new, critical introduction from Marek Kukula (Public Astronomer, Royal Observatory Greenwich) and Richard Dunn (Head of Science and Technology at Royal Museums Greenwich), and is published to coincide with a major new exhibition at the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Author
More than one hundred fifty literary works of Unitarian cleric and writer Edward Everett Hale, younger brother of fellow American writer Lucretia Peabody Hale, include the story The Man without a Country . This American author, historian, and child prodigy exhibited extraordinary literary skills; Harvard University enrolled him at 13 years of age, and he graduated second in his class. Hale went to write for a variety of publications and periodicals throughout his lifetime. He fathered author Edward Everett Hale Jr..
