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Ross, Olin J

(1858-1941) US author of The Sky Blue: A Tale of the Iron Horse and of the Coming Civilization (1904), in which, by virtue of railroads (see Transportation), a new civilization is created in the Near Future. [JC]

Olin Jones Ross

born Fayette County, Pennsylvania: April 1858

died Columbus, Ohio: 16 January 1941

works

• The Sky Blue: A Tale of the Iron Horse and of the Coming Civilization (Columbus, Ohio: privately, 1904) [hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 16:11 pm on 10 September 2026.
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