SciFi author Garrett P. Serviss' works.... simple science fiction or prophecy? Many topics Serviss wrote about as fiction have been proven as scientific facts since his passing from our world. Shall we measure the councils of heaven by the narrow impotence of human faculties, or conceive that silence and solitude reign throughout the mighty empire of nature? From the PrefaceThe point of view of this book is human interest in the other worlds around us. It presents the latest discoveries among the planets of the solar system, and shows their bearing upon the question of life in those planets. It points out the resemblances and the differences between the earth and the other worlds that share with it in the light of the sun. It shows what we should see and experience if we could visit those worlds.