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Tonight, we\u2019ll read the opening to \u201cThe Moon Maid\u201d, a fantasy novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published in 1926.\nThis novel constitutes a future history, and in it Burroughs' vision of what the 20th century held in store for humanity, which could be considered a kind of retroactive alternate history. In Burroughs's vision, in 1967 the planetary rulers send a first manned spacecraft to the Moon\u2014coinciding very near to the actual 1969 date of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Of course, in Burrough\u2019s version, the moon turns out to be teeming with life.\nThis is the second time Snoozecast has featured early science fiction from Burroughs. You can also listen to \u201cA Princess of Mars\u201d that aired on June 14, 2019.\n\u2014 read by N \u2014\nSign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to\xa0snoozecast.com/plus!\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices