Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Tarrano the Conqueror

Ray Cummings

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

Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey

Ingersoll Lockwood

This work is a Victorian‑era fantasy adventure that follows the diminutive “Little Baron” von Troomp and his…

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

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

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…

Carmilla

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Carmilla is a Gothic novella that blends the conventions of young‑women fiction with a chilling vampire tale.

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…

At the mountains of madness

H. P. Lovecraft

The story is presented as a first‑person scientific report from a Miskatonic University expedition to…

Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 4, June, 1923: The unique magazine

Various

Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 4 (June 1923) presents a single, self‑contained story titled “The Evening…

Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 1, March 1923: The unique magazine

Various

Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 1 (March 1923) is a single‑issue pulp magazine that assembles twenty‑two short…

The Mysterious Island

Jules Verne

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

Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mary Shelley’s *Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus* is a work that straddles science‑fiction, horror,…

The Lost World

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Lost World is an adventure tale that thrusts a motley crew of explorers, Professor Challenger, the…

The Ultimate Weapon

John W. Campbell, Jr.

The Ultimate Weapon is a mid‑1930s science‑fiction serial that launches straight into a high‑stakes…

Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930

Astounding Stories of Super‑Science, the January 1930 issue, is a pulp‑era magazine that launches with a…

The Hour of the Dragon

Robert E. Howard

The Hour of the Dragon is a sword‑and‑sorcery adventure that begins in a dim, candle‑lit chamber where four…

The gods of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The work is a pulpy adventure of science‑fiction romance, set on the legendary planet Barsoom.