Description
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, cloth-bound, 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.
An exciting collection of short stories showcasing the very best of classic science-fiction writing.
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.
Reviews
Roberts is a fine writer who has the ability to make acute observations and find just the right words to describe them. * Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9781529069075
Author Adam Roberts
Format Hardback
Page Count 416
Imprint Macmillan Collector's Library
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 230g
Dimensions(mm) 157mm * 103mm * 24mm
