Weiss, Sara
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(? -1904) US author of the Ento sequence comprising Journeys to the Planet Mars (1903) and Decimon Hûŷdas: A Romance of Mars (1906) [for further data on both titles see Checklist below]; Sara Weiss herself reports, via psychic messages, on the Utopia flourishing on Mars centuries previous, including advanced forms of Transportation (such as the aircraft featured on the cover of the first volume), a post-scarcity economy (see Economics), and various unusual flora (illustrated by the author). [JC]
Sara Weiss
born
died 1904
works
series
Ento
- Journeys to the Planet Mars; Or, "Our mission to Ento" (New York: The Bradford Press, 1903) [Ento: illus/Sara Weiss: hb/uncredited]
- Journeys to the Planet Mars, or, Our mission to Ento (Mars): Being a Record of Visits Made to Ento (Mars) by Sara Weiss, Psychic, Under the Guidance of a Spirit Band, For the Purpose of Conveying to the Entoans a Knowledge of the Continuity of Life, Transcribed Automatically by Sara Weiss, Under the Editorial Direction of (Spirit) Carl De L'Ester (Rochester, New York: The Austin Publishing Company, 1905) [vt of the above: Ento: illus/Sara Weiss: hb/Giovanni Schiaparelli]
- Eighteen Visits to Mars (New York: Vantage Press, 1956) [cut vt of the above: hb/]
- Decimon Hûŷdas: A Romance of Mars: A Story of Actual Experiences in Ento (Mars) Many Centuries Ago, Given to the Psychic Sara Weiss and by her Transcribed Automatically Under the Editorial Direction of Carl De L'Ester (Rochester, New York: The Austin Publishing Company, 1906) [Ento: illus/Sara Weiss: hb/]
links
previous versions of this entry