SCI-FI & FANTASY COLLECTION - Tales of Illusion & Supernatural (Illustrated) (Annotated)

Poe was a prolific writer of science fiction and supernatural tales, responding in his writing to numerous emerging technologies. He often included elements of popular pseudo-sciences, dealing with themes such as time travel and resurrection of the dead.Table of Contents:Ms. Found in a BottleThe Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarA Descent into the MaelstromThe Balloon-HoaxMesmeric RevelationThe Thousand-and-Second Tale of ScheherazadeSome Words with a MummyA Tale of the Ragged MountainsThe Power of WordsMellonta TautaMystificationThe Premature BurialThe Oblong BoxThe SpectaclesThe System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. FetherThe SphinxVon Kempelen and His DiscoveryThe Conversation of Eiros and CharmionThe Colloquy of Monos and UnaEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country''s earliest practitioners of the short story.