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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…
ReadAstounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
Astounding Stories of Super‑Science, the January 1930 issue, is a pulp‑era magazine that launches with a…
ReadThe 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…
ReadThe gods of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The work is a pulpy adventure of science‑fiction romance, set on the legendary planet Barsoom.
Red Nails
Robert E. Howard
The story opens in a tangled, primeval forest where a strikingly dressed woman, Valeria of the Red…
A Martian Odyssey
Stanley G. Weinbaum
A Martian Odyssey is a science‑fiction adventure set in a near‑future era when humanity has just begun to…
ReadShadows in the Moonlight
Robert E. Howard
The story opens in a tangled reed‑filled marsh where a terrified young woman, Olivia, has just been unseated…
ReadThe People of the Black Circle
Robert E. Howard
The story opens in a sweltering night inside the gold‑domed throne room of Vendhya, where the dying king…
ReadDe la terre à la lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes
Jules Verne
Ce roman de science‑fiction, signé Jules Verne, débute en plein cœur de la guerre de Sécession, où un groupe…
ReadShadows in Zamboula
Robert E. Howard
The story is a Conan adventure set in the bustling, multicultural bazaar of Zamboula, a desert outpost where…
ReadAstounding Stories, August, 1931
Various
Astounding Stories, August 1931 is a pulp‑era science‑fiction magazine, and its opening story thrusts the…
ReadAstounding Stories, May, 1931
Various
This May 1931 issue of Astounding Stories presents a single, self‑contained adventure that thrusts its…
ReadJewels of Gwahlur
Robert E. Howard
The story is a classic Robert E. Howard adventure that places the legendary Cimmerian barbarian Conan in a…
ReadThe warlord of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The novel places you squarely in Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Barsoomian saga, a swash‑buckling science‑fiction…
ReadThe Secret of the Ninth Planet
Donald A. Wollheim
Donald A. Wollheim’s The Secret of the Ninth Planet is a mid‑century science‑fiction adventure that opens…
Anthem
Ayn Rand
The work is a speculative, psychological narrative that blends science‑fiction ideas with a stark,…
ReadAstounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930
Various
Astounding Stories of Super‑Science, December 1930, is a pulp‑era magazine anthology that plunges the reader…
ReadAstounding Stories, June, 1931
Various
Astounding Stories, June 1931 is a pulp‑era science‑fiction magazine, and this excerpt plunges the reader…
The Chessmen of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The opening places you squarely in Burroughs’s barsoomian adventure, a science‑fiction tale set on a vividly…
The Colors of Space
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Colors of Space is a juvenile science‑fiction adventure that opens aboard the Lhari‑run starship just…
ReadBrood of the Dark Moon (A Sequel to "Dark Moon")
Charles Willard Diffin
Charles Willard Diffin’s Brood of the Dark Moon continues the high‑octane adventure begun in Dark Moon,…
Triplanetary
E. E. Smith
Triplanetary is a science‑fiction adventure that begins aboard the interplanetary liner Hyperion, a massive…
ReadThe Land That Time Forgot
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The work is a pulp‑era adventure that blends science‑fiction with prehistoric fantasy, as indicated by its…