Classic Science Fiction Stories

An entertaining and wide-ranging collection of science fiction short stories featuring space aliens, spectacular inventions, futuristic technologies and vividly imagined worlds.

Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Classic Science Fiction Stories is selected and introduced by academic and science fiction writer, Adam Roberts.

Classic Science Fiction Stories highlights not only famous writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, H. G. Wells and H. P. Lovecraft, but also gives voice to lesser known but equally inventive writers such as Florence McLandburgh and Ambrose Bierce. Spanning the 1750s to the early twentieth century, these mesmerizing and expertly crafted stories are by turns intriguing, terrifying and, at times, downright comic. Together they show how science fiction took root to develop into the global phenomenon it is today.

About the author

Adam Roberts is Professor of Nineteenth Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. He writes extensively about literature and science fiction. He is also a prolific science-fiction writer with twenty-two novels published together with a number of literary parodies.

Summary

An exciting collection of short stories showcasing the very best of classic science-fiction writing.

Foreword

An exciting collection of short stories showcasing the very best of classic science-fiction writing.

Additional text

Roberts is a fine writer who has the ability to make acute observations and find just the right words to describe them.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Roberts, Various
• Assisted by: Adam Roberts (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781529069075
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-6907-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 103 mm x 157 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Short Stories, 20th Century, FICTION / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact, FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Exploration, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Science fiction: space exploration, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, C 1700 To C 1800