Simplistic, wildly politically incorrect, full of clunky prose and a lot of fun.

One of the many books written at the time to cash in on the popularity of Jules Verne and the new popular literary genre, science fiction.

A Boys own adventure that gives just enough science and history that I could see i

This is by no means a well-written or significant book--except in its historical significance. It is generally recognized as the first American science fiction dime novel and this fact is the only reason anyone ever reads it any more, I do believe.

It is an "Edisonade," a story of an inventor and his

Семпла приключенска история с щипка фантасмагоричност, накратко - литературно джънк-фуудче от края на ХIX в. (жанрът се наричал Едисониада). Куците моменти в родния превод допълнително влошават ситуацията. Томчето с джобен формат е част от библиотека "Прометей" на издателство "Ерове". Кътам още една

This is really not a very good novel, but it's important historically because it's the precursor to the "boy inventor" movement, a movement that predates even its most famous character, Tom Swift. It's worth reading, really, only if you really like to know the historical context of such things. I fo

This is an interesting and fun vintage science fiction. My Rating 4.0.

Young Johnny Brainerd started being a tinker almost as a toddler. Once bored with standard inventions, he jumps upon his mother’s suggestion to create a mechanical man. He hides it in his garage until one day a strange looking man

For those that are interested in the history of science fiction, this is a very interesting book as it features the first mechanical man in fiction. And for those that are interested in steampunk this should have some interest because it is a steam powered man, and the story is set in the 1800s. So

"Steampunk" from the age of steam itself, and interesting from that viewpoint; a brisk read, too, albeit undeniably slight in plot. It's marred by racist depictions of Native Americans, though perhaps not egregious by the standards of the time, and some sport hunting. There's also a ridiculously ste