Mark Rich has written multiple books on toys and toy history, along with numerous articles on science fiction literature. He lives in Cashton, Wisconsin.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceOne—Excelsior!Two—Marking the Modern CenturyThree—The ­Sleep-Journey and the NavigatorFour—Tradition and Change in Symbolic ToysFive—Deep Time and the Thinning VeilSix—Early Automata in AmericaSeven—The Moon and the ­Anti-Hero ClockEight—The Maelstrom and New Worlds FatalismNine—Fogg’s JourneyTen—Later Automata and Shrunken GlobesEleven—The Magic CityTwelve—The Antigravity Clock and the MoonThirteen—The Middle Years and the Ripping VeilFourteen—Mockeries of Mass ProductionFifteen—The Tattered VeilSixteen—Lines of Motion and the Horizontal RocketSeventeen—Thirteen O’ClockChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

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