By: H.G. Wells Table of Contents Dedication Epigraph Book I: The Coming of the Martians I: The Eve of the War II: The Falling Star III: On Horsell Common IV: The Cylinder Opens V: The Heat-Ray VI: The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road VII: How I Reached Home VIII: Friday Night IX: The Fighting Begins […]
By Winston K. Marks I still feel that the ingratiating little runts never intended any harm. They were eager to please, a cinch to transact business with, and constantly, everlastingly grateful to us for giving them asylum. Yes, we gave the genuflecting little devils asylum. And we were glad to have them around at first—especially […]
By Jim Wannamaker The faxgram read: REPORT MA IS INSTANTER GRAVIS. The news obelisk just off the express strip outside Mega Angeles’ Galactic Survey Building was flashing: ONE OF OUR STAR SHIPS IS MISSING! Going up in the lift, I recalled what I had seen once scrawled upon the bulkhead of a GS trainer: Space […]
By Charles Louis Fontenay The two spaceship crews were friendly enemies, sitting across the table from each other for their last meal before blastoff. Outside the ports, the sky was nothing but light-streaked blackness, punctured periodically by Earth glare, for Space Station 2 whirled swiftly on its axis, creating an artificial gravity. “Jonner, I figured […]
By Garrett Putman Serviss Table of Contents Chapter 1 – A Marvelous Invention Chapter 2 – A Trip of Terror Chapter 3 – The Planetary Limited Chapter 4 – The Caverns of Venus Chapter 5 – Off for the Sun Lands Chapter 6 – Lost in the Crystal Moutains Chapter 7 – The Children of […]
By Richard O. Lewis Herbert Hyrel settled himself more comfortably in his easy chair, extended his short legs further toward the fireplace, and let his eyes travel cautiously in the general direction of his wife. She was in her chair as usual, her long legs curled up beneath her, the upper half of her face […]
By Kurt Vonnegut Everything was perfectly swell. There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars. All diseases were conquered. So was old age. Death, barring accidents, was an adventure for volunteers. The population of the United States was stabilized at forty-million souls. One bright morning in the Chicago […]
