Isaac Asimov presents the best science fiction of the 19th century
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Author
- Isaac Asimov
- Martin Harry Greenberg
- Charles G. Waugh
- Hoffmann, E. T. A.
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Edward Page Mitchell
- Robert Duncan Milne
- Frank R. Stockton
- Guy de Maupassant
- J.-H. Rosny, aîné
- Edward Bellamy
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- H. G. Wells
- Grant Allen
- Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
- Jack London
Contributions
- Asimov, Isaac, 1920- - Contributor
- Waugh, Charles. - Contributor
- Greenberg, Martin Harry. - Contributor
Publication
1981 - Beaufort Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
79,000 words, Guess
Page Count
316 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL4112645M
- ISBN-10082530038X
- OCLC Control Number7169087
- Library of Congress Control Number80027721
- LibraryThing1146166
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- Goodreads1032680
Classifications
- DDC808.83/876
- LCCPN6120.95.S33 I8 1981
Description
Introduction: The First Century of Science Fiction - essay by Isaac Asimov The Sandman - novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Der Sandmann 1816) The Mortal Immortal - short story by Mary Shelley A Descent Into the Maelstrom - short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of A Descent Into the Maelström) Rappaccini's Daughter - novelette by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Clock That Went Backwards - short story by Edward Page Mitchell Into the Sun - short story by Robert Duncan Milne A Tale of Negative Gravity - novelette by Frank R. Stockton The Horla, or Modern Ghosts - novelette by Guy de Maupassant (trans. of Le Horla 1887) The Shapes - novelette by J. H. Rosny aîné (trans. of Les Xipéhuz) To Whom This May Come - short story by Edward Bellamy The Great Keinplatz Experiment - short story by Arthur Conan Doyle In the Abyss - short story by H. G. Wells The Thames Valley Catastrophe - short story by Grant Allen The Lizard - short story by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne A Thousand Deaths - short story by Jack London
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