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Science Fiction Classics

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Book cover: The WondersmithThe Wondersmith
by ,
O'Brien's work is often considered a forerunner of today's science fiction. The Wonder Smith is an early predecessor of robot rebellion, where toys possessed by evil spirits are transformed into living automatons who turns against their creators.
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Book cover: The True HistoryThe True History
by ,
Lucian of Samosata was a Greek satirist of Assyrian extraction, and True History is perhaps his most well-known tale. In this tale, the protagonist visits the Moon, meets extraterrestrial creatures, and takes part in interplanetary warfare.
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Book cover: AtlantidaAtlantida
by - ManyBooks ,
This French novel of 'Atlantis in the Sahara' made a huge splash when it was published. The exotic Saharan setting, the stories of desert survival, the overpowering allure of the last Queen of Atlantis, make a memorable, if a bit pulpy, read.
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Book cover: Five Thousand Miles UndergroundFive Thousand Miles Underground
by - ManyBooks ,
What does an enterprising inventor do to follow up the marvelous dirigible-ship Monarch? Cobble it together into an astounding vessel that travels on both air and sea, and then head more than twenty thousand leagues under the Earth!
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Book cover: A Princess of MarsA Princess of Mars
by - Grosset & Dunlap ,
This is a wonderful scientific romance, early science fiction melded with an epic dose of romantic adventure. A Princess of Mars is the adventure of John Carter, a Civil War veteran who unexpectedly find himself transplanted to the planet Mars.
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Book cover: Robur the ConquerorRobur the Conqueror
by - Pierre-Jules Hetzel ,
A science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story begins with strange lights and sounds reported in the skies all over the world. The events are capped by the mysterious appearance of black flags with gold suns atop tall historic landmarks.
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Book cover: A Voyage to ArcturusA Voyage to Arcturus
by - Feedbooks ,
One of the most revered classics of science fiction, it has inspired, enchanted, and unsettled readers for decades. It is simultaneously an epic quest across one of the most unusual and brilliantly depicted alien worlds ever conceived.
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Book cover: Star MakerStar Maker
by - Feedbooks ,
A poetic and deeply philosophical work, the true classics of SF. The book challenges preconceived notions of intelligence and awareness, and ultimately argues for a broadened perspective that would free us from our inevitable anthropomorphism.
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Book cover: The Poison BeltThe Poison Belt
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Professor Challenger, his wife, journalist Malone and adventurer Roxton have gathered with oxygen canisters to watch the final hours of the world. As a poisonous miasma apparently asphyxiates the human race, Malone feverishly writes his copy.
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Book cover: The Last ManThe Last Man
by - H. Colburn ,
Set in an apocalyptic future ending in the year 2100, this novel concerns a plague that destroys almost all of humankind. Published in 1826 after the death of her husband and three children, The Last Man is Shelley's look at an apocalyptic future.
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Book cover: Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far FutureLast and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future
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Epic science fiction classic. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across 2 billion years and 18 distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive.
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Book cover: A Journey into the Interior of the EarthA Journey into the Interior of the Earth
by - Pierre-Jules Hetzel ,
Jules Verne's classic science fiction adventure about Professor Liedenbrock and his nephew Axel who set off to Iceland with their guide, Hans, and enter the weird and wonderful world deep beneath the surface of the earth.
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Book cover: The Underground CityThe Underground City
by - Project Gutenberg ,
Receiving a letter from an old colleague, mining engineer James Starr sets off for the old Aberfoyle mine. From the outset, mysterious happenings start to occur around the main characters, attributed initially to goblins and firemaidens.
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Book cover: From the Earth to the MoonFrom the Earth to the Moon
by - Scribner, Armstrong ,
Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts (first published in 1865), Jules Verne's prophetic novel of man's race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen.
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Book cover: The Time MachineThe Time Machine
by - Project Gutenberg ,
The novel is considered one of the earliest works of science fiction and the progenitor of the 'time travel' subgenre. Wells advanced his social and political ideas in this narrative of a nameless Time Traveller who is hurtled into the year 802,701.
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Book cover: Off On A Comet, Or Hector ServadacOff On A Comet, Or Hector Servadac
by - Vincent Parke And Co ,
Although time has obscured this book, Jules Verne's Off on a Comet is a remarkable work. Verne takes his characters on a journey to the depths of infinite space, to present what astronomers of that time really knew of outer space.
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Book cover: The Master Of The WorldThe Master Of The World
by - Project Gutenberg ,
A series of unexplained happenings occur across the eastern US, caused by objects moving with such great speed that they are nearly invisible. The first-person narrator John Strock travels to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to investigate.
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Book cover: Flatland: A Romance of Many DimensionsFlatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
by - Seeley and Co. ,
The book gives some accessible and charming explanations of geometry and physics for the curious non-mathematician. Flatland imagines a two-dimensional world inhabited by sentient geometric shapes who think their planar world is all there is.
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Book cover: After London, or Wild EnglandAfter London, or Wild England
by - Duckworth & Co. ,
Science fiction novel which describes an England of the distant future in which most of the people have died and a swamp covers the site of old London. The hero of the story sets out on a quest to win the hand of the daughter of a neighboring baron.
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Book cover: The Lost WorldThe Lost World
by - Hodder & Stoughton ,
Classic adventure by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle which uses the written word to visualize the mysterious world of pterodactyls, plesiosaurs and iguanadons roaming the earth in the 20th century. An SF adventure into the dense jungles of South America.
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Book cover: Twenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaTwenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
by - Ward, Lock & Co. ,
The tale of Captain Nemo and his submarine the Nautilus. A French professor travels underwater with his captors battling sea creatures, collecting gold, sinking ships, and eating aquatic delights. Exciting adventure for all ages.
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