NEWCOMB, Simon

NEWCOMB, Simon
(1835-1909)
   Canadian-born writer, in the USA from 1853, of texts on and studies of astronomical and mathematical subjects. In his sf novel His Wisdom, the Defender (1900) future historians tell how a professordiscovers a source of limitless energy, invents ANTIGRAVITY and, after creating a private army - equipping it with futuristic armour-takes over the world from the air and prohibits war. In "The End of the World" (1903 McClure's Magazine) a black body from space hits the Sun, devastating theworld. The few who survive realize that eons must pass before civilization may rise again.
   JC
   See also: WEAPONS.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia. . 2011.

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