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Overview: This special anthology was put together to mark our Thirtieth Volume in this series of books, and once more it was collated as another heartfelt Thank You to all our loyal readers who continue to support us and encourage us in all our endeavours (much as we did when marking the tenth and twentieth volume in the series earlier).
This ones for all of you and we hope you all enjoy it.
This Anthology presents the reader with some of the earliest known ‘classic’ Science Fiction Short Stories – all of them published between 1858 and 1934.
These tales will feature works that are both well-known and others that have been overlooked over the decades for one reason or another, works created by some of the now ‘legendry’ writers who helped birth the genre we all love and adore and other stories which are not as well known or appreciated as they deserve to be. The topics covered by these varied tales involve subjects and scientific methods thought at the time to be fanciful which are now everyday occurrences in our lifetime or accepted and proven scientific facts. These include aspects about the possibility of Alien Life Forms, Transmogrification, Pandemics, Life on Mars, Artificial Intelligence, Attractive Female Androids and Robots, Big Data, Faster Than Light methods of transport and Antigravity, Matter Transmission, Microscopic Lifeforms and lastly Impact Events effects on the environment and lifeforms present when they occur (Dinosaurs).
These hand-picked short stories from all over the world have all been reprinted in full and included in their original unedited format or in English translations of their original format. Alongside these classic and in many cases unavailable in print today short stories, are extensive commentaries by the Author of this collection, which also examine some of the latest scientific thinking surrounding the main theme or the rationale behind each individual story. Additionally the collections Author provides the reader with suggestions for further reading or topics of research should you wish to learn more about these early writers of the genre or what they have written about.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The short stories included in this collection are:
A. C. Doyle – ‘The Terror Of Blue John Gap’ Published in ‘the Strand Magazine’, August 1910
W. H. Hodgson – ‘The Voice In The Night’ Published in ‘The Blue Book Magazine’, November 1907
J. London – ‘The Scarlet Plague’ Published in the ‘London Magazine’, June 1912
S. G. Weinbaum – ‘A Martian Odyssey’ Published in ‘Wonder Stories’ July 1934
A. Bierce – ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’ Published by Neale, New York in 1911
E. T. A. Hoffman – ‘Nachtstücke’ (‘The Sandman’) Published by ‘Realschulbuchhandlung’, Berlin around 1816–1817
K. Lasswitz – ‘Die Universalbibliothek’ (‘The Universal Library’) Published by ‘Ostdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung’, December 1904
E. P. Mitchell – ‘The Tachypomp – A Mathematical Demonstration’ Published in ‘The Sun’, January 1874
F. R. Stockton – ‘A Tale Of Negative Gravity’ Published by ‘Century Mag’, November 1884
R. D. Milne – ‘Professor Vehr’s Electrical Experiment’ Published in ‘Argonaut’, January 1885
F. J. O’Brien – ‘The Diamond Lens’ Published in ‘Atlantic Month’, sometime in 1858
H. G. Wells – ‘The Star’ Published in ‘The Graphic’, December 1897.
This book is Volume XXX of the ongoing ‘Science And Fiction’ Book Series created and produced by the publisher of this book as a way to encourage people to become involved in all fields of Scientific endeavour through the use of Fiction and to encourage people to research topics that they may find intriguing when reading Science Fiction Authors. The series was initially designed for high school and university students as a teaching resource but due to their popularity are now being read by people of all ages all across the world.
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