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(4) | None | An entertaining and wide-ranging collection of science-fiction short stories featuring space aliens, spectacular inventions, futuristic technologies and vividly imagined worlds. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Classic Science Fiction Stories is selected and introduced by academic and science-fiction writer Adam Roberts. Classic Science Fiction Stories highlights not only famous writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, H. G. Wells and H. P. Lovecraft, but also gives voice to lesser known but equally inventive writers such as Florence McLandburgh and Ambrose Bierce. Spanning the 1750s to the early twentieth century, these mesmerizing and expertly crafted stories are by turns intriguing, terrifying and, at times, downright comic. Together they show how science fiction took root to develop into the global phenomenon it is today.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Roberts, Adam | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Bierce, Ambrose | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Doyle, Arthur Conan | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hossain, Rokeya Sakhawat | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Lovecraft, H. P. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Maxwell, James Clerk | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | McLandburgh, Florence | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Mitchell, Edward Page | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | O'Brien, Fitz-James | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Poe, Edgar Allan | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Shelley, Mary | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Voltaire | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Weinbaum, Stanley | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Wells, H. G. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions An entertaining and wide-ranging collection of science-fiction short stories featuring space aliens, spectacular inventions, futuristic technologies and vividly imagined worlds. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Classic Science Fiction Stories is selected and introduced by academic and science-fiction writer Adam Roberts. Classic Science Fiction Stories highlights not only famous writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, H. G. Wells and H. P. Lovecraft, but also gives voice to lesser known but equally inventive writers such as Florence McLandburgh and Ambrose Bierce. Spanning the 1750s to the early twentieth century, these mesmerizing and expertly crafted stories are by turns intriguing, terrifying and, at times, downright comic. Together they show how science fiction took root to develop into the global phenomenon it is today. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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