Edison's conquest of Mars

About “Edison's conquest of Mars”

Edison's Conquest of Mars, a 1947 novel by Garrett Putnam Serviss, was written as the original sequel to H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds by the science editor of the Hearst newspaper group. Rocket pioneer Robert Hutchings Goddard cited it in his diaries as a source of inspiration. Later editions include historical essays and reproductions of Serviss's correspondence with Thomas Edison.