Science Fiction

A Honeymoon in Space

George Chetwynd Griffith

A science‑fiction adventure set in the early twentieth‑century imagination, A Honeymoon in Space follows the…

The Misplaced Battleship

Harry Harrison

The Misplaced Battleship is a science‑fiction caper that blends criminal intrigue with interstellar police…

Thuvia, maid of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The novel is a science‑fiction romance set on the red planet, where the royal courts of Martian nations clash…

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Jules Verne

The opening places the reader amid an Arctic‑type expedition, where a determined professor, his nephew, and…

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

Jules Verne

The work is a science‑fiction adventure that begins by chronicling a worldwide frenzy over a mysterious,…

The Dunwich horror

H. P. Lovecraft

The Dunwich Horror is a work of early twentieth‑century American fantasy fiction that blends horror with a…

Space Station 1

Frank Belknap Long

Space Station 1 is a mid‑century pulp adventure that blends hard‑science speculation with a love‑triangle and…

On the Trail of the Space Pirates

Carey Rockwell

The novel is a juvenile science‑fiction adventure that follows Captain Strong, a Solar Guard officer, as he…

The war of the worlds

H. G. Wells

The novel is a science‑fiction war story that begins with a sweeping meditation on humanity’s complacency at…

Plague Ship

Andre Norton

Andre Norton’s Plague Ship is a mid‑century science‑fiction adventure that opens aboard the Solar Queen, a…

Tarrano the Conqueror

Ray Cummings

Ray Cummings’s Tarrano the Conqueror is a forward‑looking science‑fiction adventure set in the year 2430, a…

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

The opening places the work squarely in the science‑fiction tradition, introducing a speculative discussion…

The Shunned House

H. P. Lovecraft

The Shunned House is a horror tale set in nineteenth‑century New England, opening with a richly detailed…

Occasion ... for Disaster

Garrett, Randall; Janifer, Laurence M.

This story is a mid‑century science‑fiction tale that blends bureaucratic intrigue with a hint of the…

Lone Star Planet

Piper, H. Beam; McGuire, John J.

Lone Star Planet is a mid‑century science‑fiction adventure that launches its protagonist, Stephen Silk,…

L'île mystérieuse

Jules Verne

Ce roman mêle science‑fiction, aventure et récit de naufrage.

The Big Fix

George O. Smith

The Big Fix is a short‑story collection that centers on a single, razor‑sharp episode of telepathic intrigue…

The Ambulance Made Two Trips

Murray Leinster

Murray Leinster’s “The Ambulance Made Two Trips” is a short‑fiction piece that blends science‑fiction…

The House on the Borderland

William Hope Hodgson

The House on the Borderland is a speculative adventure that begins with a disorienting, almost dream‑like…

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World

Jules Verne

The work is a science‑fiction adventure that immerses the reader in the inner workings of a fantastical…

Time Crime

H. Beam Piper

The story opens in the middle of a bustling alien plantation, where the Paratime Police officer Kiro Soran is…

Voyage au Centre de la Terre

Jules Verne

Ce roman mêle science-fiction et aventure, centré sur le professeur Otto Lidenbrock, un géologue allemand…

A princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Princess of Mars is Edgar Rice Burroughs’s early foray into planetary adventure, blending science‑fiction…

The Mysterious Island

Jules Verne

The opening places you amid a desperate rescue on a deserted shore, where a cast of characters, reporter,…