Scifi
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Equality : Julian West Series, Book 2
Bellamy, EdwardDuke Classics 2012This sequel to the hugely popular utopian novel Looking Backward delves more deeply into the unique philosophical principles upon which Bellamy based his imagined society. The rich...
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The Lost World : Professor Challenger Series, Book 1
Doyle, Arthur Conan, SirDuke Classics 2012Think Sherlock Holmes is Arthur Conan Doyle's sole literary creation? Think again! The Lost World is a fictional tale about swashbuckling explorer Professor Challenger, who travels...
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A Crystal Age
Hudson, William HenryDuke Classics 2012A Crystal Age is one of the earliest science-fiction novels which deals with a utopia of the distant future. The first-person narrator, a traveler and naturalist, wakes to find him...
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Meccania : The Super-State
Gregory, OwenDuke Classics 2012Set in 1970, this gripping dystopian tale creates a nightmare scenario in which an unnamed European country has been overtaken by fascist totalitarianism. Although little is known...
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The Inheritors : An Extravagant Story
Conrad, Joseph; Ford, Ford MadoxDuke Classics 2012The Inheritors is a quasi-science fiction novel about the transition of British society from the old, aristocratic mould to a land of industry and advancement. A young writer comes...
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Warlord of Mars : John Carter of Mars Series, Book 3
Burroughs, Edgar RiceDuke Classics 2012Warlord of Mars is the third novel in Burroughs' Barsoom series. The setting is an inhabited, dying Mars, where the different races fight over dwindling resources. It is a frontier...
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Thuvia, Maid of Mars : John Carter of Mars Series, Book 4
Burroughs, Edgar RiceDuke Classics 2012Think Edgar Rice Burroughs' additions to the literary canon begin and end with Tarzan? Think again. Burroughs produced popular works in virtually every genre, and he made important...
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Looking Backwards: From 2000 to 1887 : Julian West Series, Book 1
Bellamy, EdwardDuke Classics 2012One of the best-selling books of its era, Looking Backwards presents a science-fiction-influenced twist on standard political philosophy. In the novel, protagonist Julian West find...
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Skylark Three
Smith, E. E.; Wessolowski, Hans WaldemarDuke Classics 2012Take off for an intergalactic adventure with swashbuckling entrepreneur Marc "Blackie" DuQuesne. In Skylark Three, the second volume in Edward E. Smith's popular Skylark series, Du...
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Five Weeks in a Balloon
Verne, JulesDuke Classics 2012What would it be like to explore a largely unknown swath of the world—from the air? That's exactly what the intrepid explorers in Jules Verne's Five Weeks in a Balloon set out to d...
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The Moon Voyage : From the Earth to the Moon' & 'Round the Moon'
Verne, JulesDuke Classics 2012In The Moon Voyage, famed author Jules Verne, best known for works such as A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eigh...
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When William Came : A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns
SakiDuke Classics 2012When William Came, published in 1913, predicted the imminent World War. In this story Germany wins the war and the royal family, the Hohenzollerns, rule in London. Life under Germa...
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The Mysterious Island
Verne, JulesDuke Classics 2012Although The Mysterious Island is technically a sequel to Vernes' enormously popular Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, this novel offers a vastly different take on similar the...
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Herland : Herland Series, Book 1
Gilman, Charlotte PerkinsDuke Classics 2012A must-read for fans of utopian science fiction, Herland describes a society comprised solely of female inhabitants. The residents of the isolated community have perfected a form o...
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Lord of the World
Benson, Robert HughDuke Classics 2012This dystopian tale from Robert Hugh Benson offers a unique spiritual twist on typical end-of-the-world narratives: in Benson's imagined future, it's the Catholic Church that offer...
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Robur the Conqueror
Verne, JulesDuke Classics 2012Around the world, the skies are ablaze with music and flashing lights. Atop many of the most recognizable monuments and landmarks, mysterious black and gold flags have appeared. Wh...
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The People that Time Forgot : Caspak Trilogy, Book 2
Burroughs, Edgar RiceDuke Classics 2012Though Edgar Rice Burroughs is best remembered for creating jungle hero Tarzan, he was also a prolific writer of science fiction and fantasy tales. The People that Time Forgot is a...
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The Mummy and Miss Nitocris
Griffith, GeorgeDuke Classics 2012Take an unforgettable trip to another plane of existence in The Mummy and Miss Nitocriss: A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension, a wild, rollicking sci-fi novel from author George Che...
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Dr. Heidenhoff's Process
Bellamy, EdwardDuke Classics 2012This early novel from the author of the socialist utopian tale Looking Backwards is another classic of the nineteenth-century science fiction and fantasy genre. The 'process' in th...
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A Traveler from Altruria : Romance
Howells, William DeanDuke Classics 2012This novel from popular nineteenth-century American author William Dean Howells features a visitor from a mysterious distant island known as Altruria. The contrast between the utop...