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Classic Tales of Science Fiction & Fantasy

Pages
1024
Published
2016
Language
English

Synopsis

This leather-bound 2016 anthology gathers ten foundational short novels and novellas of early science fiction and fantasy: Fitz-James O'Brien's "The Diamond Lens," Jules Verne's "A Journey to the Center of the Earth," Edward Bellamy's "Looking Backward: 2000-1887," H.G. Wells's "The War of the Worlds," Edgar Rice Burroughs's "A Princess of Mars," Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World," Jack London's "The Scarlet Plague," Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "Herland," Philip Francis Nowlan's "Armageddon 2419 A.D.," and H.P. Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror."

Spanning roughly 1858 to 1929, the collection traces the genre's roots from Verne-style scientific romance through Wells's invasion narrative, Burroughs's planetary adventure, and Lovecraft's cosmic horror, offering a single-volume survey of the ideas that shaped modern science fiction and fantasy.

Characters

Commander John CarterProtagonist
Professor ChallengerProtagonist
All characters in Classic Tales of Science Fiction & Fantasy