Science Fiction

More than thirty stories by the writers who built science fiction sit together in this illustrated anthology compiled by Tig Thomas. The selection ranges across the early decades of the genre, with work by H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov, Arthur Conan Doyle and Jack London among others, so a reader moves between Victorian scientific romance and mid-century speculation inside one volume. The stories take up machines that outgrow their makers, journeys past the edge of Earth, encounters with the unfamiliar and experiments with time, and each is short enough to finish in a sitting. Illustrations accompany the text and the arrangement makes the book easy to dip into. On the page: • Over thirty short stories in one illustrated volume • Authors including H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov and Jack London • Themes of space travel, time, invention and first contact • Individual stories short enough for a single sitting A good introduction for teenagers and new readers of the genre, and a handy collection for long-time fans, from Boipoka.