ABSTRACT
Fiction writings about electricity are located in more distant regions in Another World, or Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah by Benjamin Lumley. As a literary response to electricity, Another World appears to be an extravagant fantasy about electricity as a perfect route to technological advancement and social progress. The reviews of Another World suggest that, as a response to electricity, it was perceived as helpful and instructive to more general 'readers for science'. Lumley did not have the scientific knowledge to suggest actual fuel alternatives, and Another World does not explicitly propose the adoption of Montalluyahn sources or methods. Instead, electricity appears to be portrayed as an exemplar of a clean, efficient and abundant fuel source, and one that might offer the prospect of reliable future progress. Another World presented an imaginary existence, by which readers attempted to understand electricity and its future possibilities.
