Albert Ludwig Daiber

Albert Ludwig Daiber (1857–1928) was a German pharmacist, physician and science fiction writer. Born in Cannstatt, he later moved to Chile, where he practiced medicine and died in Santiago. He wrote the utopian science fiction novel Die Weltensegler: Drei Jahre auf dem Mars and its sequel Vom Mars zur Erde, as well as a Dutch-language work, Per luchtschip De Argonaut naar Mars. Three of his works are held in this collection. Centered on an airship expedition to Mars, these works combine interplanetary travel with imaginative portrayals of an alien society, making them representative early German-language utopian science fiction. Public information about his life and writing background is limited, and the available account rests mainly on his surviving works and basic biographical facts.