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| Author | William James Roe |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | J. B. Lippincott & Co. |
Publication date | 1887 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 332 |
| OCLC | 26718713 |
Bellona's Husband: A Romance[a] is an 1887 science fiction novel by William James Roe, published under his pseudonym Hudor Genone. It is a tale of a utopian society on Mars where everyone ages backwards, identified by John Clute in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction as possibly the first story to revolve around the conceit.
It received mixed reviews upon release, and later assessments have largely reiterated the main points thereof. Critics felt that it did not live up to Roe's previous novel, the 1886 satirical novel Inquirendo Island, nor to the works of satirist Jonathan Swift. Several of them nevertheless appreciated the humorous aspects, while the overall writing quality in terms if plot and pacing was generally found to be lacking. The notion of Martians speaking English was also derided as implausible.
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