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Bergsøe, Vilhelm

(1835-1911) Danish author whose Proto SF novella "Erindringen fra en Reise med Flyvefisken 'Prometheus'" ["Recollections of a Journey with the Flying Fish 'Prometheus'"] (9-23 January 1870 Illustreret Tidende; trans Dwight R Decker as Flying Fish "Prometheus" 2015), which is set a century after its publication, during a time of recovery after the great Anglo-American war. The protagonist flies the eponymous Airship swiftly across the Atlantic after viewing from above the ruins of London, a last devastated bastion of an empire almost totally destroyed. The Panama Canal is declared open, underlining America's triumph over the world. A transAtlantic tunnel (see Transportation; Under the Sea) will be next. [JC]

Wilhelm Bergsøe

born Copenhagen, Denmark: 8 February 1835

died 26 June 1911

works

• "Erindringen fra en Reise med Flyvefisken 'Prometheus'" ["Recollections of a Journey with the Flying Fish 'Prometheus'"] (9-23 January 1870 Illustreret Tidende) [mag/]
  • Flying Fish "Prometheus" (Northlake, Illinois: Vesper Press, 2015) [chap: trans by Dwight R Decker of the above: pb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Project Gutenberg

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 03:48 am on 18 April 2026.
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