About the book: 2013 / Much ahead of his time, Robert Cromie (1855–1907) created one of the first science fiction novels about a trip to Mars in a spacecraft , using the power of antigravity, the meeting of earthlings with a utopian Martian society, fatal passions and sacrifices sacrificed on the altar of science. “Throw into space,” which became one of the historical milestones in the development of science fiction, was, among other things, the cause of the scandalous story in which G. was involved. Wells. But this is not enough: the novel is connected to a literary detective story, in the center of which is the luminary of science fiction literature himself, J. Verne. Translation from English: O. Pavlova