LEADER 02323nam 2200397 450 001 9910157408903321 005 20170419083331.0 010 $a0-486-81880-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000001000727 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4774008 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001000727 100 $a20170111h20172017 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aScientific romance $ean international anthology of pioneering science fiction /$fintroduced and edited by Brian Stableford 210 1$aMineola, New York :$cDover Publications, Inc.,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (355 pages) 311 $a0-486-80837-8 330 $a"Before the term "science fiction" was adopted in the 1920s, there were "scientific romances," tales of amazing journeys beyond the limits of the known world. Jules Verne's imaginative novels of the mid-nineteenth century met with international success, whetting the public's appetite for fantastic fictionrooted in actual fact -- a craving that H. G. Wells fed again and again with his visionary stories. This compilation presents more than two dozen early tales by Verne's and Wells's immediate predecessors, contemporaries, and descendants, focusing on the middle period, when the genre was at its most enterprising and exuberant. Originally published between 1835 and 1924, the stories offer early interpretations of the futuristic societies, rogue stars, rebellious machines, and other now-familiar themes of speculative fiction. Featured authors include Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ambrose Bierce, H. G. Wells, Jack London, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as lesser-known writers. Brian Stableford, a legendary science-fiction author and editor, selected the stories, for which heprovides an informative Introduction and brief biographies for each author"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aScience fiction 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScience fiction. 676 $a808.83/8762 686 $aFIC028040$2bisacsh 702 $aStableford$b Brian 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157408903321 996 $aScientific romance$92784423 997 $aUNINA