Life in a Thousand Worlds: The Metaphysical Classic

Are There More Worlds Than One? Why are countless worlds swinging in the endless regions of space? Description of a novel city of over 60,000 Moonites, described as dwarfs having no noses because they live by eating solid air. Marsites described as giants needing four arms. The author captured by Marsmen. A Glimpse of Jupiter. Jupiterites described as colossal giants. Their language a marvel of simplicity far surpassing the English language. Beautiful Saturn. Marvelous language-music. Churches on Saturn far better than those on Earth. The inhabitants of Alpha Centaurus live as comfortably in fire as Earthites live in air or fishes in water. On Stazza the people live in water about as fishes do on Earth. Fishing for land animals. A Problem in Political Economy. On Airess the inhabitants live on liquid air, and hence have neither noses nor lungs. Monopolists control liquid air on Airess as petroleum is controlled on Earth. Method of breaking up the power of monopolies. This chapter is worth reading by millions of American men and women. Floating Cities. Palaces and large cities built on water. A World of Ideal Cities. Inhabitants described. Author made captive. Rich and poor. Ideal cities, how governed. A World of High Medical Knowledge. On Dorelyn four billions of inhabitants all enjoy perfect health. The government controls the whole field of medical science just as we do the post office department. No patent medicine on Dorelyn. Many new ideas picked up in medicine and surgery. A World of Low Life. On Scum exist the lowest conditions of life found in any stellar world. "Notched Rod" language explained. Lizard like human forms. No Scumite knows who is his father or mother. A big Scumite battle witnessed. A World of Highest Invention. A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years. A Tube Line for passenger and freight traffic. Wonderful storage batteries. A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers. Thought photography. A Singular Planet. On Zik decisive battles between nations are not fought by armies on land or navies on the sea, but by flying war ships called Flying Devils sailing in the air. A battle witnessed. A practical way of settling the strife between capital and labor. The art of maintaining youthful vigor in old ago. The Diamond World. On the brightest planets of the universe diamonds are as plenty as soil is on our Earth, but soil is as scarce and valuable as diamonds are in our world. The heart-rending oppression of the "Soil Trust" in the Diamond World portrayed. Illustration. The insatiable greed of "Trusts" follows the poor people into their sepulchers. Triumphant Feat of Orion. Description of a tunnel through the center of Holen, a globe 500 miles in diameter. The Mute World. Muteites have no audible language. They converse by pure thought transmission, and no one can conceal evil thoughts. When a Muteite criminal is brought before a Court of Justice the doors of his soul are unlocked so that all past thought-images, photographed on the sensitive living plates of his mind, are thrown open to view. No hypocrisy, no conventional lying. The world of Brief sustains the shortest lived human beings of our universe. What we in our world crowd into seventy or eighty years of life the Briefites crowd into the narrow compass of about four years of our time. Journalism, footwear, raiment, transportation, public highways, business, religious life, etc., portrayed under such mad-rush environments. The Life on Wings. The inhabitants of Swift are charmingly beautiful, and many of them can be seen gracefully moving on wings through the air. A charming conversation with Plume, the most beautiful woman in the universe. Heaven. Its greatness, permanency, inhabitants, degrees, seven typos of intelligences, unity, employments, transportation, sexual affinities, structural aspects, etc., uniquely portrayed.