Lost Mars: The Golden Age of the Red Planet - Science Fiction Classics

These ten short stories from the golden age of science fiction feature classic SF writers including H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury and J.G. Ballard, as well as lesser-known writers from the genre. An antique shop owner gets a glimpse of the red planet through an intriguing artefact. A Martian's wife contemplates the possibility of life on Earth. A resident of Venus describes his travels across the two alien planets. 

Info autore

Mike Ashley is the author and editor of more than 100 books, and is one of the foremost historians of popular fiction. His books include Adventures in The Strand (British Library, 2016), Out of This World, a brief illustrated history of science fiction (British Library, 2011), and The Age of Storytellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines 1880-1950 (British Library, 2005). Most recently he is the author of a multi-volume history of science fiction magazines, published by Liverpool University Press.

Riassunto

These ten short stories from the golden age of science fiction feature classic SF writers including H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury and J.G. Ballard, as well as lesser-known writers from the genre. They reveal much about how we understand our place in the universe. Lost Mars is the first volume in the British Library Science Fiction Classics series.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mike Ashley
• Con la collaborazione di: Mik Ashley (Editore), Mike Ashley (Editore), Ashley Mike (Editore)
• Editore: British Library
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780712352406
• ISBN: 978-0-7123-5240-6
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: BRITISH LIBRAY SF CLASSICS; British Library Science Fiction Classics; British Library Science Fiction Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Science Fiction, Fantasy; FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Classic science fiction