Three Science Fiction Novellas

J -H Rosny

• Hardcover | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• Three ground-breaking works from a master of modern science fiction To the short list that includes Jules Verne and H.G. Wells as founding fathers of ... Lees meer

The Mysterious Island

Jules Verne

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• First new unabridged translation since 1876 of one of Verne's best-known novels At a time when Verne is making a comeback in the US as a mainstream li... Lees meer

Castaway Tales

Christopher Palmer

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• A wide-ranging and appreciative literary history of the castaway tale from Defoe to the present Ever since Robinson Crusoe washed ashore, the castaway... Lees meer

Imagining Mars

Robert Crossley

• Hardcover | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• Mars in the human imagination from the invention of the telescope to the present For centuries, the planet Mars has captivated astronomers and inspire... Lees meer

The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction

Justine Larbalestier

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• How women and feminism helped to shape science fiction in America. Runner-up for the Hugo Best Related Book Award (2003) The Battle of the Sexes in Sc... Lees meer

Celestial Empire

Nathaniel Isaacson

• Hardcover | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• How colonialism profoundly influenced the emergence of Chinese science fiction Challenging assumptions about science fiction's Western origins, Nathan... Lees meer

H.G. Wells

W Warren Wagar

• Hardcover | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• A look inside one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. The English writer Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) is one of the giants of science ficti... Lees meer

Lumen

Camille Flammarion

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• One of the first science fiction novels to describe alien life forms. Lumen was first published by Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) in 1872 as part of t... Lees meer

The Centenarian

Honoré Balzac

• Hardcover | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• First English translation of a classic gothic novel Written for serial publication in 1822 under the pseudonym Horace de Saint-Aubin, this Faustian ta... Lees meer

Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction

John Rieder

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• Groundbreaking study of science fiction's relation to colonialism and imperialism This is the first full-length study of emerging Anglo-American scien... Lees meer

The Time Ship

Enrique Gaspar

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• Globe-trotting scientists pursue immortality and love in the world's first time machine H. G. Wells wasn't the only nineteenth-century writer to dream... Lees meer

Star Begotten

H G Wells

• Hardcover | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• H.G. Wells's second Martian invasion comes from within. In his 1898 War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells imagined aliens from Mars descending to Earth with ... Lees meer

Deluge

Sydney Fowler Wright

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• The definitive edition of an important 20th-century disaster novel. First published in 1927, Deluge is one of the most famous of the English catastrop... Lees meer

Robur the Conqueror

Jules Verne

• Hardcover | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• First complete English translation of Jules Verne's classic novel of flight At the Weldon Institute in Philadelphia, a mob of zealous balloon enthusia... Lees meer

Cosmos Latinos

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• The first-ever collection of Latin American science fiction in English. Opening a window onto a fascinating new world for English-speaking readers, th... Lees meer

The Emergence of Latin American Science Fiction

Rachel Haywood Ferreira

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• A fantastic voyage through the early science fiction of Latin America Early science fiction has often been associated almost exclusively with Northern... Lees meer

The Time Ship

Enrique Gaspar

• Hardcover | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• Globe-trotting scientists pursue immortality and love in the world's first time machine H. G. Wells wasn't the only nineteenth-century writer to dream... Lees meer

The Yellow Wave

Kenneth MacKay

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• A classic adventure story of a Chinese invasion. In Kenneth Mackay's 1895 admonitory tale, Britain's attention and military forces are diverted by a R... Lees meer

Sisters of Tomorrow

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• Anthology of stories, essays, poems, and illustrations by the women of early science fiction For nearly half a century, feminist scholars, writers, an... Lees meer

Caesar's Column

Ignatius Donnelly

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• A sensational best-seller envisions the destruction of New York City. Published in 1890, Caesar's Column is an account of a trip to New York City in 1... Lees meer

The Begum's Millions

Jules Verne

• Hardcover | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• Verne's first cautionary tale about the dangers of science -- first modern and corrected English translation. When two European scientists unexpectedl... Lees meer

The Black Mirror and Other Stories

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• The first collection of classic and contemporary German-language science fiction in English This entertaining anthology delivers great reading and an ... Lees meer

We Modern People

Anindita Banerjee

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• How science fiction forged a unique Russian vision of modernity distinct from Western models Science fiction emerged in Russia considerably earlier th... Lees meer

Celestial Empire

Nathaniel Isaacson

• Paperback | Engels | Early Classics of Science Fiction
• How colonialism profoundly influenced the emergence of Chinese science fiction Challenging assumptions about science fiction's Western origins, Nathan... Lees meer