Important Early Works of Science Fiction
Explore the most important early works of science fiction that shaped the genre. Discover classic books from visionary authors that pioneered futuristic themes and inspired modern sci-fi.
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The Moon Pool
by Abraham Merritt
On the island of Ponape in the South Pacific, the cold light of a full moon washes over the crumbling ruins of an ancient, vanished …
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The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
An English astronomer, in company with an artilleryman, a country curate, and others, struggle to survive the invasion of Earth by Martians in 1894.
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The Land that Time Forgot
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
One of the most popular and influential science fiction tales of all time, The Land That Time Forgot was first published in book form in …
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Tarzan at the Earth's Core
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The fourth installment in the Pelludicar series from the legendary creator of Tarzan.
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Darker Than You Think
by Jack Williamson
Who is the child of the night? That's what small-town reported Will Barbee must find out. Inexorably drawn into investigating a rash of grisly deaths, …
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Lorelei of the Red Mist
by Leigh Brackett
Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances is the companion volume to Martian Quest: The Early Brackett, a volume that collected the First twenty published …
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The Girl in the Golden Atom
by Ray Cummings
A classic work of science fiction, this novel was one of the first to explore the world of the atom. The Girl in the Golden …
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Gladiator
by Philip Wylie
Hugo Danner is the strongest man on Earth due to an experiment conducted by his father, a scientist, but he is doomed to live a …
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Tarzan Alive
by Philip Josä Farmer
Through the tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs, generations of readers have thrilled to the adventures of Lord Greystoke (aka John Clayton, but better known as …
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A Voyage to Arcturus
by David Lindsay
A stunning achievement in speculative fiction, A Voyage to Arcturus has inspired, enchanted, and unsettled readers for decades. It is simultaneously an epic quest across …
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The Absolute at Large
by Karel ?apek
In this satirical classic, a brilliant scientist invents the Karburator, a reactor that can create abundant and practically free energy. However, the Karburator?s superefficient energy …
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The Purple Cloud
by Matthew Phipps Shiel
"If now a swell from the Deep has swept over this planetary ship of earth, and I, who alone chanced to find myself in the …
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The Wonder
by John Davys Beresford
"Long recognized as a classic of speculative fiction but never before widely available, The Wonder is one of the first novels about a "superman.""--BOOK JACKET.
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The Last Man
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Last Man ends in 2100, "the last year of the world." A devastating plague has wiped out humanity, except for one man. This novel …
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The Nightmare, and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy
by Francis Stevens
Slithering from these pages are never-before-collected tales of suspense and wonder by the woman who invented modern-day dark fantasy: A man goes quietly to bed …
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The Sleeper Awakes
by H. G. Wells
Annotation In The Sleeper Awakes, an insomniac falls into a sleep-like trance for more than two hundred years, and awakes in a society in which …
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Tales of Wonder
by Mark Twain
"First published in 1984 as The science fiction of Mark Twain by Archon Books ... North Haven, CT"--T.p. verso.
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In the Days of the Comet
by Herbert George Wells
A comet rushes toward the earth, a deadly, glowing orb that soon fills the sky and promises doom. But mankind is too busy hating, stealing, …
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Northwest of Earth
by Catherine Lucile Moore
75th Anniversary Edition! Among the best-written and most emotionally complex stories of the Pulp Era, the tales of intergalactic smuggler Northwest Smith still resonate strongly …
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The Beetle
by Richard Marsh
The Beetle (1897) tells the story of a fantastical creature, “born of neither god nor man,” with supernatural and hypnotic powers, who stalks British politician …
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Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction
by Gary Westfahl
An examination of science fiction editor and author Hugo Gernsback's career, this critical study explores the many ways in which his work influenced the genre. …
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Mizora
by Mary E. Bradley Lane
Bison Frontiers of Imagination What would happen to our culture if men ceased to exist? Mary E. Bradley Lane explores this question in Mizora, the …
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Invaders from the Infinite
by John Campbell
The alien spaceship was unthinkably huge, enormously powerful, apparently irresistible. It came from the void and settled on Earth, striking awe into the hearts of …
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Interplanetary Odysseys
by Stanley G Weinbaum
INTERPLANETARY ODYSSEYS .."...One of the novas of the SF cosmos." The New Encyclopaedia of Science Fiction Interplanetary Odysseys collects together all of Stanley G. Weinbaum's …