Ralph 124C 41+, one of the ten greatest minds on Earth in 2660, saves a Swiss girl named Alice from an avalanche by remote power across the Atlantic, and soon has rivals human and Martian. The thin romance carries a tour of predicted wonders: television, synthetic food, weather control, sleep-learning and an early description of radar.
First serialized in 1911 by the man for whom the Hugo Awards are named, a founding curiosity of science fiction. Download the free EPUB.