John Munro (author)

John F. Munro (1849-1930) was a British professor of mechanical engineering at Bristol and author who wrote the science fiction stories A Trip to Venus (1897), Sun-Rise in the Moon (1894) and A Message from Mars (1895).[1] A Message from Mars was included as the first chapter of A Trip to Venus, and A Trip to Venus was included in Farewell Fantastic Venus by Brian Aldiss and Harry Harrison. Munro also wrote Heroes of the Telegraph (1891) and other historical and reference books, such as A pocket-book of electrical rules and tables for the use of electricians and engineers (1884). Because they were published before 1925, most of Munro's works are in the public domain.

John F. Munro
Born1849
Bristol
Died(1930-12-19)December 19, 1930
Bishopston, Bristol, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationMechanical engineer, writer
Notable work
A Trip to Venus, Heroes of the Telegraph

Works

Science fiction

Electricity and Technology
  • Electricity and Its Uses, 1887
  • The Wire and the Wave
  • Pioneers of Electricity, 1890
  • Heroes of the Telegraph, 1891
  • The Story of Electricity, 1902
  • Romance of Electricity, 1893
  • A pocket-book of electrical rules and tables for the use of electricians and engineers by John Munro and Andrew Jamieson, 1894

Other
  • The Story of the British race, 1909[2]
  • Lord Kelvin, G.C.V.O. (biography), 1902[3]
gollark: I mostly want an excuse to do stupid insane things.
gollark: What if CODE GUESSING 17259815?
gollark: What I can easily do is construct a backdoor which nobody else can use, but I don't think that qualifies.
gollark: And practical hidden flaws are more like "if you encrypt 2^16 bytes with the same key it is possible to determine some of the plaintext with slightly higher probability" or known plaintext attacks and such, rather than "hahaha any message whatsoever can be decrypted".
gollark: I have some rough ideas but they'd probably be obvious to anyone competent.

References
  1. "Authors : Munro, John : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com.
  2. Munro, John (July 22, 1899). "The story of the British race: by John Munro". G. Newnes – via Open WorldCat.
  3. Munro, John (July 22, 1902). "Lord Kelvin, G.C.V.O." Henry J. Drane, Salisbury House – via Open WorldCat.
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