Classic Science Fiction Stories (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781529069075)

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.

Author: Adam Roberts
ISBN-10: 1529069076
ISBN-13: 9781529069075
Publisher: MacMillan Collector's Library
Language: English
Published: 06/21/2022
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 6.00h x 3.50w x 1.00d