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The Collector's Book of Science Fiction

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Prepare to take a step beyond reality into the fantastic realm of other worlds imagined by the pioneers of science fiction.

This collection features a set of wide ranging and mind expanding tales created by the founding fathers of this most fascinating and exciting of literary genres.

As well as the works of famous authors such as Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle and Jack London, there are some startlingly original gems by lesser known scribes.

Thrill to the adventures of the first invisible man in Edward Page Mitchell's The Crystal Man; take part in Stanley G.

Weinbaum's A Martian Odyssey; travel back in time to the prehistoric world of Atlantis in J.

Leslie Mitchell's Three Go Back; be intrigued by Edwin A.

Abbott's Flatland, the classic novella of the Fourth Dimension; witness the terrible disaster that besets London in Fred M.

White's The Dust of Death; and be chilled by Robert Duncan Milne's cosmic disaster story Into the Sun. From the wonders of outer space, to the predictions of the future and the startling possibilities and dangers of scientific progress to the frightening potentials of human development, the writers of these pioneering scenarios provide thrilling and unique experiences for all those who love to journey beyond the familiar.

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Product Details
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
1840226560 / 9781840226560
Paperback
05/01/2011
United Kingdom
1312 pages
150 x 232 mm, 1071 grams
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