ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE STEAM MAN OF THE PRAIRIES (1868)
THE STEAM MAN OF THE PRAIRIES (1868) – Written by Edward Sylvester Ellis. Before the Frank Reade stories came this work that is often hailed as the first Dime Novel with a science fiction theme. Ellis seems to have been inspired by the REAL and well-known Newark Steam Man built by Zadoc P. Dederick in […]
