Scifi
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The Worlds of If
Weinbaum, Stanley G.Duke Classics 2012In The Worlds of If, author Stanley Weinbaum plays with a concept that has been at the center of countless science fiction tales before and after: how the most minute shifts can al...
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Upsidonia
Marshall, ArchibaldDuke Classics 2012Though regarded as a significant literary figure in the genre of realism, Archibald Marshall was also a pioneer of science fiction. Upsidonia is a perfect embodiment of this seemin...
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The Devolutionist and The Emancipatrix
Flint, Homer EonDuke Classics 2012After getting his start as a writer of screenplays for silent movies, Homer Eon Flint turned to the then-nascent genre of science fiction, penning a number of influential short sto...
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The Point of View
Weinbaum, Stanley G.Duke Classics 2012One of science fiction's classic duos—wacky inventor Professor Haskel van Manderpootz and dashing man-about-town Dixon Wells—team up again in Stanley Weinbaum's short story The Poi...
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A Martian Odyssey : A Martian Odyssey Series, Book 1
Weinbaum, Stanley G.Duke Classics 2012Author Stanley G. Weinbaum hit a science-fiction home run with his very first publication, the classic short story A Martian Odyssey. In this action-packed tale of interplanetary t...
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The Ideal
Weinbaum, Stanley G.Duke Classics 2012After making science-fiction history with his beloved and broadly influential tale A Martian Odyssey, Stanley G. Weinbaum turned his creative powers to a series of stories starring...
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Crucible of Gold : A Novel of Temeraire
Novik, NaomiRandom House Worlds 2012From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the seventh volume of the Temeraire series, as the Napoleonic Wars bring Will Laurence and Temeraire to South...
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Across the Universe: matka alkaa : Across the Universe
Revis, Beth; Järvinen, OutiOtava 2012 1. painosKaksi nuorta, kaksi maailmaa. Voivatko he luottaa toisiinsa - saati rakastua? Hyinen matka kohti tuntematonta alkaa kun avaruusalus Varjelus lähtee viemään tiedemiehistä ja asiant...
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Off on a Comet : Or, Hector Servadac
Verne, JulesDuke Classics 2012Although science fiction is often regarded as a twentieth-century phenomenon, early masters such as Jules Verne were mining the outer reaches of space for their stories for nearly...
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In the Year 2889
Verne, Jules; Verne, MichelDuke Classics 2012The author of a number of genre-defining works of science fiction such as Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, and Around the World in Eighty...
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Facing the Flag
Verne, JulesDuke Classics 2012Facing the Flag is part of the series The Extraordinary Voyages. France and the rest of the world are threatened by a super weapon with the power to atomize anything in its path. T...
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Gulliver of Mars : Lieutenant Gulliver Jones
L. Arnold, EdwinDuke Classics 2012Are you a fan of classic science fiction? Find out where it all started with this seminal masterpiece from important early SF author Edwin L. Arnold. This reissued masterpiece of t...
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Out of Time's Abyss : Caspak Trilogy, Book 3
Burroughs, Edgar RiceDuke Classics 2012Though now best remembered as the creator of the character Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs was a prolific writer of science fiction and fantasy tales. This novel is the third entry in...
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Across the Zodiac : The Story of a Wrecked Record
Greg, PercyDuke Classics 2012If you're a fan of swashbuckling interplanetary science fiction, add Across the Zodiac to your must-read list. This wildly imaginative novel, originally published in 1880, helped t...
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Pellucidar : Pellucidar Series, Book 2
Burroughs, Edgar RiceDuke Classics 2012Pellucidar is the second novel set in Burroughs' fictional land of the same name, beneath the earth's crust. David Innes returns to Pellucidar from the surface, in search of his fr...
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A Honeymoon in Space
Griffith, GeorgeDuke Classics 2012Who says classic science fiction is all hard edges and taciturn heroes? George Griffith's classic A Honeymoon in Space follows newlyweds Zaidie Rettick and Lord Redgrave on their p...
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The Runaway Skyscraper
Leinster, MurrayDuke Classics 2012Take an unexpected trip into the past in this gem of golden-era science fiction from Murray Leinster. On what appears to be an ordinary workday, Arthur Chamberlain, a successful en...
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The World Masters
Griffith, GeorgeDuke Classics 2012Intrepid explorer and wildly imaginative writer George Chetwynd Griffith penned a series of science fiction novels that brought new life to the then-nascent genre. The World Master...
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The American Claimant
Twain, MarkDuke Classics 2012Though he is best known as a humorist, famed American author Mark Twain also tried his hand at social satires, to much critical and popular acclaim. In The American Claimant, Twain...
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News from Nowhere : Or an Epoch of Rest, Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance
Morris, WilliamDuke Classics 2012William Morris is most famous for his textile design, but he was also a passionate and active socialist. News From Nowhere explores his socialist ideals in soft science-fiction. A...