02323nam 2200397 450 991015740890332120170419083331.00-486-81880-2(CKB)3710000001000727(MiAaPQ)EBC4774008(EXLCZ)99371000000100072720170111h20172017 uy 1engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierScientific romance an international anthology of pioneering science fiction /introduced and edited by Brian StablefordMineola, New York :Dover Publications, Inc.,2017.©20171 online resource (355 pages)0-486-80837-8 "Before the term "science fiction" was adopted in the 1920s, there were "scientific romances," tales of amazing journeys beyond the limits of the known world. Jules Verne's imaginative novels of the mid-nineteenth century met with international success, whetting the public's appetite for fantastic fictionrooted in actual fact -- a craving that H. G. Wells fed again and again with his visionary stories. This compilation presents more than two dozen early tales by Verne's and Wells's immediate predecessors, contemporaries, and descendants, focusing on the middle period, when the genre was at its most enterprising and exuberant. Originally published between 1835 and 1924, the stories offer early interpretations of the futuristic societies, rogue stars, rebellious machines, and other now-familiar themes of speculative fiction. Featured authors include Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ambrose Bierce, H. G. Wells, Jack London, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as lesser-known writers. Brian Stableford, a legendary science-fiction author and editor, selected the stories, for which heprovides an informative Introduction and brief biographies for each author"--Provided by publisher.Science fictionElectronic books.Science fiction.808.83/8762FIC028040bisacshStableford BrianMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910157408903321Scientific romance2784423UNINA