Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Dick, Marjorie and Fidge: A Search for the Wonderful Dodo

G. E. Farrow

This work is a whimsical fantasy adventure that begins with a raucous wake‑up call from Marjorie, who drags…

The island of Doctor Moreau

H. G. Wells

The work is a Victorian‑era science‑fiction narrative that begins with a frantic, newspaper‑style report of a…

The Ghost Breaker: A Novel Based Upon the Play

Goddard, Charles; Dickey, Paul

The Ghost Breaker is a melodramatic detective‑mystery that opens in a dimly lit Southern parlor, where the…

The Vampyre; a Tale

John William Polidori

The work is a Gothic horror tale that begins with a long, rambling travelogue through the lakeside region of…

Die seltsamen Geschichten des Doktor Ulebuhle

Bruno Hans Bürgel

Der Band ist eine Sammlung kurzer, naturwissenschaftlich angehauchter Erzählungen, die sich selbst als…

We

Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin

The novel We is a Russian dystopian work that opens with a manifesto‑like announcement about the construction…

2 B R 0 2 B

Kurt Vonnegut

The piece is a science‑fiction short story by Kurt Von Negut, opening in a bleak, institutional waiting room…

The Thing from the Lake

Eleanor M. Ingram

The Thing from the Lake is a gothic tale set in rural Connecticut, catalogued under haunted‑house fiction,…

The Defiant Agents

Andre Norton

The Defiant Agents is a mid‑century science‑fiction thriller that plunges the reader straight into a tense…

The Doomsman

Van Tassel Sutphen

The Doomsman is a speculative adventure that opens on a bright May morning, where a young man named Constans…

The Girl in the Golden Atom

Ray Cummings

The story is a speculative romance that blends scientific imagination with a love‑filled fantasy.

Legacy

James H. Schmitz

Legacy is a mid‑century science‑fiction adventure that thrusts the reader straight into a bustling campus on…

A brother to dragons, and other old-time tales

Amélie Rives

The work is a sprawling nineteenth‑century American tale that begins as a rambling confession from a narrator…

Da terra à lua, viagem directa em 97 horas e 20 minutos

Jules Verne

Este é um romance de ficção científica que parte da obsessão por armamento de alta potência para lançar, em…

The Magic World

E. Nesbit

The Magic World is a whimsical collection of short, magical tales aimed at younger readers, and it opens with…

De Reis naar de Maan in 28 dagen en 12 uren

Jules Verne

Dit boek is een science‑fictionroman waarin de verbeelding van een post‑burgeroorlog‑Amerika wordt omgevormd…

New Atlantis

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon’s “New Atlantis” is a fragmentary utopian narrative first published posthumously in 1627 by his…

The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe

The work is a short gothic horror tale that begins with a lone narrator riding through a bleak autumn…

韓湘子全傳

Yang, Erzeng, active 17th century

Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country

Joel Chandler Harris

The story opens on a Georgia plantation where three children, a seven‑year‑old girl named Sweetest Susan, her…

The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, Volume 1 (of 2)

Robert Paltock

The work is a mid‑eighteenth‑century fantasy adventure that begins with a sweeping essay on the vanity of…

Hunters Out of Space

Joseph E. Kelleam

Hunters Out of Space is a mid‑century pulp adventure that blends ordinary domestic moments with a sudden…

Tales of Fantasy and Fact

Brander Matthews

The work is a sprawling fantasy adventure that opens with a bewildered narrator awakening aboard a mysterious…

Starman's Quest

Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg’s Starman’s Quest launches readers into a future where humanity has finally mastered…