Classics of Imagination and Science Fiction
Explore timeless classics of imagination and science fiction with our curated list of must-read books. Dive into legendary tales that shaped the genre and inspired generations of readers.
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The War in the Air
by Herbert George Wells
At the beginning of the twentieth century the invention of the airplane revolutionizes warfare and precipitates a devastating world war between the United States and …
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Savage Pellucidar
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
When David Innes and Abner Perry set out to search for mineral deposits in Perry's newly invented Mechanical Prospectro, they never dreamed of discovering the …
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Shadrach in the Furnace
by Robert Silverberg
In the twenty-first century, a battered world is ruled by a crafty old tyrant, Genghis II Mao IV Khan. The Khan is ninety-three years old, …
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Voices of Vision
by Jayme Lynn Blaschke
As the world around us becomes more fantastic, and science itself more surreal, the realms of science fiction and fantasy become correspondingly both more bizarre …
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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 Croquet Player
by Herbert George Wells
Something is horribly wrong in the remote English village of Cainsmarsh. An elderly woman stiffens in dread at her own shadow; a terrified farmer murders …
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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 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 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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Under the Moons of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Ambushed in the cold moonlight of an Arizona night, Captain John Carter is inexplicably teleported to Mars, called Barsoom by its inhabitants. Legendary Barsoom?where hostile …
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Tanar of Pellucidar
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The third installment in the Pelludicar series from the legendary creator of Tarzan.
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Back to the Stone Age
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The fifth installment of Edgar Rice Burroughs?s Pellucidar series, Back to the Stone Age recounts the strange adventures of Lieutenant von Horst, a member of …
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The Twentieth Century
by Albert Robida
Humorous, illustrated novel by the “father of science fiction illustration”.
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Masterpieces
by Orson Scott Card
A collection of the best science fiction short stories of the 20th century as selected and evaluated by critically-acclaimed author Orson Scott Card. Featuring stories …
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The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction
by Justine Larbalestier
How women and feminism helped to shape science fiction in America.
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H. G. Wells
by Herbert George Wells
Includes the first serialized version of The Time Machine, short stories from Wells' student days at South Kensington, and essays from the 1890's that speculate …
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50 Short Science Fiction Tales
by Isaac Asimov
Stories of 300 to 3,000 words from Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Kornbluth, Leiber, Sturgeon, et al. which have been selected to surprise, shock, and delight.
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The Moon Pool
by Abraham Merritt
The first scholarly edition of a classic science fiction novel.
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The World as It Shall Be
by Émile Souvestre
The first future dystopia in modern European literature, now available in English.
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The Begum's Millions
by Jules Verne
Verne's first cautionary tale about the dangers of science — first modern and corrected English translation. When two European scientists unexpectedly inherit an Indian rajah's …
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Paris in the Twentieth Century
by Jules Verne
In 1863 Jules Verne, famed author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth, wrote a novel that his …
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Subterranean Worlds
by Peter Fitting
Exploring the hollow earth from the 17th century to the present.
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The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
First new unabridged translation since 1876 of one of Verne's best-known novels.
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Science Fiction After 1900
by Brooks Landon
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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To Seek Out New Worlds
by Jutta Weldes
Through detailed analyses of such texts as 'Blade Runner', 'Stalker', 'Star Trek', and 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', the chapters in this volume examine the complex …
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One 1929-1964
by Robert Silverberg
Twenty-six of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. Robert Heinlein in "The Roads Must Roll" describes an industrial civilization of the future caught up …
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A
by Robert Silverberg
The mysteries and marvels of the science fiction world are brought to life in this compilation of stories representing the work of major authors in …
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The Philip K. Dick Reader
by Philip K. Dick
Includes the stories that inspired the movies Total Recall, Screamers, Minority Report, Paycheck, and Next "More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really …
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Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s (LOA #173)
by Philip K. Dick
This Library of America volume brings together four of Dick's most original, mesmerizing, and surprising novels: "The Man in the High Castle, The Three Stigmata …
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Burning Chrome
by William Gibson
Best-known for his seminal sf novel Neuromancer, William Gibson is actually best when writing short fiction. Tautly-written and suspenseful, Burning Chrome collects 10 of his …
