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Bynner, Edwin Lassetter

(1842-1893) US historical author whose The Chase of the Meteor and Other Stories (coll 1891) presents for a young audience various fantastical tales, most notably the Flatland story "A Cruise in a Soap Bubble", which takes off from Edwin A Abbott's Flatland (1884). [JC]

Edwin Lassetter Bynner

born New York: 1842

died Boston, Massachusetts: 4 September 1893

works

• The Chase of the Meteor and Other Stories (Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown, 1891) [coll: hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 09:20 am on 10 July 2025.
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