Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Frankenstein; Dr. Heidegger's Experiment; Some Words With a Mummy; The Sphinx; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea; Flatland; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court; The Star; Edison's Conquest of Mars; The Doomsman; The Poison Belt; The Star Rover; City of Endless Night; The Blind Spot; Tanks; The Man Who Saved the Earth; The Moon Metal; The Coming of the Ice; The New Accelerator; The Stolen Mind; A Scientist Rises; The World Beyond.
Summary
The stories of Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells, and Jules Verne paved the way for the fantastic science fiction literature that we all enjoy today. However, full appreciation of these contemporary works is impossible without an understanding of their literary roots. Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories is a wonderful collection, comprising excerpts and short stories from some of the most beloved writers of all time. While many readers have only a cursory knowledge of these works, having either heard about them or skimmed through them, they will now be able to have this entire coll.