The Classic Science Fiction Collection
Published on 4. November 2025
Book
Hardback
928 pages
978-1-3988-6164-0 (ISBN)
Description
This striking hardback collection brings together over 40 classic short stories by masters of the science fiction genre, presented with silver cover accents and illustrated page edges.
For more than 100 years, science fiction writers have told tales of alien encounters and fascinating technologies and they have warned of the dangers of dystopian governments. From Victorians experimenting with time travel to pioneers exploring the depths of space, the stories collected here are a tribute to the imagination. This collection features forty-four of the best works of short fiction by the inventors of the modern science fiction genre.
Some tales are filled with boundless optimism for the ingenuity of humanity while others provide fearful warnings of the risks of war and the dangers of technology. This collection includes stories from H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, Stanley Weinbaum, Jack London, Austin Hall, and George Griffith amongst others.
ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Pulp Classics are beautiful hardcover collections which bring together the best short stories from across the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. With beautiful cover designs and striking printed edges, these editions make wonderful collectibles for your home library.
For more than 100 years, science fiction writers have told tales of alien encounters and fascinating technologies and they have warned of the dangers of dystopian governments. From Victorians experimenting with time travel to pioneers exploring the depths of space, the stories collected here are a tribute to the imagination. This collection features forty-four of the best works of short fiction by the inventors of the modern science fiction genre.
Some tales are filled with boundless optimism for the ingenuity of humanity while others provide fearful warnings of the risks of war and the dangers of technology. This collection includes stories from H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, Stanley Weinbaum, Jack London, Austin Hall, and George Griffith amongst others.
ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Pulp Classics are beautiful hardcover collections which bring together the best short stories from across the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. With beautiful cover designs and striking printed edges, these editions make wonderful collectibles for your home library.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 49 mm
Weight
1275 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3988-6164-0 (9781398861640)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
H. G. Wells & Others
Content
Introduction
H. G. Wells
The Flowering of the Strange Orchid
The Star
The Crystal Egg
The New Accelerator
The Chronic Argonauts
Jules Verne
Off On a Comet
The Day of an American Journalist in 2889
(with Michel Verne)
Stanley G. Weinbaum
A Martian Odyssey
A Valley of Dreams
The Worlds of If
Rudyard Kipling
With the Night Mail: A Story of 2000 AD
Wireless
Rokeya Sakhawat HossAin
Sultana's Dream
Edward Page Mitchell
The Tachypomp
The Man Without a Body
The Ablest Man in the World
The Crystal Man
Jack London
A Thousand Deaths
The Shadow and the Flash
The Enemy of All the World
A Curious Fragment
Austin Hall
The Man Who Saved the Earth
Cyril G. Wates
The Visitation
Garrett P. Serviss
The Moon Metal
Charles B. Stilson
The Sky Woman
John Ulrich Giesy
Palos of the Dog Star Pack
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Rappacini's Daughter
Homer Eon Flint
The Emancipatrix
Grant Allen
The Thames Valley Catastrophe
George Griffith
World of the War God
A Glimpse of the Sinless Star
The World of the Crystal Cities
In Saturn's Realm
Miles J. Breuer
The Raid from Mars
The Einstein See-Saw
The Gostak and the Doshes
Stephen Vincent Benét
By the Waters of Babylon
Will Harben
In the Year Ten Thousand
Thornton DeKy
The Ultimate Experiment
Francis Flagg
The Mentanicals
H. G. Wells
The Flowering of the Strange Orchid
The Star
The Crystal Egg
The New Accelerator
The Chronic Argonauts
Jules Verne
Off On a Comet
The Day of an American Journalist in 2889
(with Michel Verne)
Stanley G. Weinbaum
A Martian Odyssey
A Valley of Dreams
The Worlds of If
Rudyard Kipling
With the Night Mail: A Story of 2000 AD
Wireless
Rokeya Sakhawat HossAin
Sultana's Dream
Edward Page Mitchell
The Tachypomp
The Man Without a Body
The Ablest Man in the World
The Crystal Man
Jack London
A Thousand Deaths
The Shadow and the Flash
The Enemy of All the World
A Curious Fragment
Austin Hall
The Man Who Saved the Earth
Cyril G. Wates
The Visitation
Garrett P. Serviss
The Moon Metal
Charles B. Stilson
The Sky Woman
John Ulrich Giesy
Palos of the Dog Star Pack
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Rappacini's Daughter
Homer Eon Flint
The Emancipatrix
Grant Allen
The Thames Valley Catastrophe
George Griffith
World of the War God
A Glimpse of the Sinless Star
The World of the Crystal Cities
In Saturn's Realm
Miles J. Breuer
The Raid from Mars
The Einstein See-Saw
The Gostak and the Doshes
Stephen Vincent Benét
By the Waters of Babylon
Will Harben
In the Year Ten Thousand
Thornton DeKy
The Ultimate Experiment
Francis Flagg
The Mentanicals