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Lilith, by nineteenth-century Christian novelist, George MacDonald, is the chronicle of five trips taken by its narrator, Mr. Vane, into another world where, under the spell of MacDonald's extraordinary imagination, he explores the ultimate mystery of evil. The volume is introduced by C.S.

The Lost World

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Boys are mysterious creatures, with rich imaginations and inner lives at which most can only guess. Luckily, a few writers have the talent to capture their fantasies of extraordinary adventure and epic bravery. Inspired by the success of The Dangerous Book For Boys , the six titles of the Penguin Great Books For Boys collection celebrate the adventurer within every boy with tales of shipwreck, murder,... (more)

The Invisible Man

by H. G. Wells

This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a serum to render himself invisible, and his descent into madness that follows.

Around The World In 80 Days

by Jules Verne

In 1872 Phileas Fogg wagers that he can circle the earth in 80 days.

The War of the Worlds

by H. G. Wells

Here, for the first time in Bantam print, is the science fiction classic that proposed the possibility of intelligent life on other planets. Written almost 100 years ago, this compelling tale describes the Martian invasion of Earth and man's struggle to survive.

Looking Backward

From 2000 to 1887

by Edward Bellamy

Set in Boston on December 26, 2000, but written before the turn of the nineteenth century, this classic Utopian novel is more significant and relevant than ever with its reappearance this millennium. Addressing moral and material concerns of late nineteenth century industrial America through romantic narrative, Bellamy suggests a fictionalized society in which war, poverty, and malice do not exist.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

by Jules Verne

In this classic tale, a newly-discovered ancient parchment reveals that a secret passage through a volcano extends into the depths of the earth. Three men are hurled into the adventure of their lives as they undertake a journey of scientific discovery and terrific danger. HC: New Edition.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaJules Verne

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne

When a huge, glowing sea monster attacks and wrecks several ships, Professor Arronax joins a mission to hunt for the mysterious beast. The professor soon finds himself aboard the Nautilus and a "guest" of Captain Nemo who is intent on exploring the ocean depths. Reprint.

The Time Machine

by H. G. Wells

The story that launched Wells's successful career-the classic tale of the Time Traveler and the extraordinary world he discovers in the far distant future. A haunting portrayal of Darwin's evolutionary theory carried to a terrible conclusion.

The First Men in the Moon : A Critical Text of the 1901 London First Edition, With an Introduction and Appendices (Annotated H.G. Wells, 6) (Annotated Hg Wells)

The First Men in the Moon : A Critical Text of the 1901 London First Edition, With an Introduction and Appendices (Annotated H.G. Wells, 6) (Annotated Hg Wells)

by David Lake, H. G. Wells

When penniless businessman Mr. Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr. Cavor, an absentminded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford that the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by... (more)

The Shape of Things to Come

by H. G. Wells

The Shape of Things to Come tells of an intellectual who dies and leaves behind a "dream book" inspired by visions that are remarkably prescient.

The Island of Dr. Moreau

by H. G. Wells

An English traveler, shipwrecked on a remote Pacific island, meets notorious vivisectionist Dr. Moreau and the creatures that have resulted from his experiments in turning animals into human beings. Reprint.

The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

The English at the North Pole; The Desert of Ice

by William Butcher, Jules Verne

Here is the first new translation of ever-popular adventure writer Jules Verne's thrilling novel of polar exploration in over a century. In the novel, First Mate Shandon receives a mysterious letter asking him to construct a reinforced steamship in Liverpool. As he heads out for Melville Bay and the Arctic labyrinth, a crewman finally reveals himself, as Captain John Hatteras, and his obsession--to get to the... (more)

The Maracot Deep

by Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle

Sportsman, doctor, historian and writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) created one of the most enduring - indeed, legendary - characters in English literature: Sherlock Holmes, the brilliantly observational denizen of 221B Baker Street. Conan Doyle was born of Irish parents in Edinburgh and educated partly in Great Britain and partly in Germany. He qualified as a medical doctor in Southsea, but the absence of... (more)

War with the Newts (European Classics)

by Karel Capek

One of the great anti-utopian satires of the twentieth century, an inspiration to writers from Orwell to Vonnegut, at last in a modern translation. Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit them so successfully that the newts gain skills and arms enough to challenge man's place at the top of the animal kingdom. Along the way, Karel Capek satirizes science, runaway capitalism,... (more)

Eric Brighteyes

by H. Rider Haggard

Eric Brighteyes¿ is a romance founded on the Icelandic Sagas. (From original Introduction)

The Poison Belt

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The legendary Professor Challenger hits the headlines once again. In a letter to The Times, he asserts that a change in the earth's cosmic surroundings is resulting in the poisoning of the planet. He claims that seemingly unconnected worldwide disasters prove that the earth has swum into a poison belt of ether - and towards inevitable destruction. Ed Malone, the dynamic young journalist, is then invited to visit... (more)

The King of Elfland's Daughter (Del Rey Impact)

The King of Elfland's Daughter (Del Rey Impact)

by Baron Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany

The poetic style and sweeping grandeur of The King of Elfland's Daughter has made it one of the most beloved fantasy novels of our time, a masterpiece that influenced some of the greatest contemporary fantasists. The heartbreaking story of a marriage between a mortal man and an elf princess is a masterful tapestry of the fairy tale following the "happily ever after."

The Food of the Gods And How It Came to Earth

The Food of the Gods And How It Came to Earth

by H. G. Wells

In the middle years of the nineteenth century there first became abundant in this strange world of ours a class of men, men tending for the most part to become elderly, who are called, and who are very properly called, but who dislike extremely to be called-"Scientists." They dislike that word so much that from the columns of Nature, which was from the first their distinctive and characteristic paper, it is... (more)

BEFORE THE GOLDEN AGE A SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY OF THE 1930S

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by George MacDonald

by Arthur Conan Doyle

by H. G. Wells

by Jules Verne

by H. G. Wells

From 2000 to 1887

by Edward Bellamy

by Jules Verne

by Jules Verne

by H. G. Wells

by David Lake, H. G. Wells

by H. G. Wells

by H. G. Wells

The English at the North Pole; The Desert of Ice

by William Butcher, Jules Verne

by Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle

by Karel Capek

by H. Rider Haggard

by Arthur Conan Doyle

by Baron Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany

by H. G. Wells