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Across The Zodiac
First editions
AuthorPercy Greg
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherTrübner & Co
Publication date
1880
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback)
PagesVol. 1: 302 pp.
Vol. 2: 294 pp.

Across the Zodiac: The Story of a Wrecked Record (1880) is a science fiction novel by Percy Greg, who has been credited as an originator of the sword and planet subgenre of science fiction.[1]

  1. ^ Everett Bleiler, The Checklist of Fantastic Literature, Chicago, Shasta Publishers, 1948; p. 132.

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