British Library Science Fiction Classics – serie
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Darkest of Nights
Häftad, 2019
126 kr
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A vicious plague has broken out in China and spread to Japan. The world governments look on callously, until the shadow of the Hueste virus begins to sweep across the rest of the globe. The pandemic draws nearer to Britain; shelters are hastily constructed across the country, but for whom? As the …
Wild Harbour
Häftad, 2019
119 kr
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Something has happened in Europe. Fearing the approach of to Britain, Terry and Hugh retreat from their home to the remote highlands of Scotland, prepared to live a simple existence together whilst the fighting resolves itself far away. Encouraged by Terry, Hugh begins a journal to note down the …
Four-Sided Triangle
Häftad, 2018
127 kr
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When a brilliant scientist believes that a cutting edge replication process offers the solution to an excruciating love triangle, the limits of the new technology are tested - and impossible questions of identity and originality threaten to tear apart the best-laid plans of paradise.
Tide Went Out
Häftad, 2019
126 kr
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When London journalist Philip Wade learns that his article on nuclear weapons testing has been censored by the British government, he is prompted to investigate the truth that lies behind it. Philip's search leads to a mysterious job offer in a newly-formed government department, and he soon …
Lost Mars
The Golden Age of the Red Planet
Häftad, 2018
124 kr
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`I was suddenly struck with the sight of a trail of rich red vegetation of several miles in the midst of the eternal snows. I approached with curiosity this oasis in the frozen desert.'An antique shop owner gets a glimpse of the red planet through an intriguing artefact. A Martian's wife …
Shoot at the Moon
Häftad, 2018
119 kr
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The Endeavour has made rocket ship history. With its automatic pilot and artificial gravity, anyone is qualified to fly to the moon. But the scientists who designed it did not envision the hidden dangers of lunar exploration. Nor did they foresee the kind of violence that could erupt among the five …
Menace of the Monster
Classic Tales of Creatures from Beyond
Häftad, 2019
119 kr
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The fact that humanity is not alone in the universe has long preoccupied our thoughts. In this compelling new collection of short stories from SF’s classic age our visions of `other’ are shown in a myriad of forms - beings from other worlds, corrupted lifeforms from our own planet and entities from …
End of the World
and Other Catastrophes
Häftad, 2019
119 kr
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Sound the sirens! The end is here, and it comes in many forms in this new collection of apocalyptic short stories from the classic age of science fiction.Join humanity on the brink of destruction in 13 doom-laden visions from the 1890s to the 1960s, featuring rare tales from the Library’s vaults. …
Moonrise
The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures
Häftad, 2018
127 kr
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Before the Apollo 11 mission succeeded in landing on the Moon in 1969, writers and visionaries were fascinated by how we might get there and what we might find. The Greeks and Romans speculated about the Moon almost two thousand years before H. G. Wells or Jules Verne wrote about it, but interest …
Question Mark
Häftad, 2019
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In 1926 Muriel Jaeger, dissatisfied with the Utopian visions of H G Wells and Edward Bellamy, set out to explore `The Question Mark’ of what a future society might look like if human nature were properly represented. So, disgruntled London office worker Guy Martin is pitched 200 years into the …
Spaceworlds
Stories of Life in the Void
Häftad, 2021
130 kr
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Since space flight was achieved, and long before, science fiction writers have imagined a myriad of stories set in the depths of the great darkness beyond our atmosphere. From generation ships – which are in space so long that there will be new generations aboard who have never experienced …
Beyond Time
Classic Tales of Time Unwound
Av British Library, Mike Ashley
Häftad, 2019
119 kr
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Time travel has long been a staple of science fiction. Removing the bonds of time on a story allows for many interesting possibilities, but it also presents complicated problems and paradoxes.In this collection, featuring stories from the 1880s to the 1960s, we are taken to the remote future and …
Future Crimes
Mysteries and Detection through Time and Space
Häftad, 2021
130 kr
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"Detective Patrolman McClane watched the two-man space station spin into view, a shining disc against the black backdrop... Waiting for the airlock to fill, he though bitterly of his situation—promotion due and he had to get a job like this..."Telepaths, time machines and alien encounters collide …
Born of the Sun
Adventures in Our Solar System
Häftad, 2020
119 kr
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Terror in the steamy jungles of Venus, encounters on the arid expanse of Jupiter; asteroids mysteriously bursting with vegetation whizz past and reveal worlds beyond imagination orbiting the giver of all known life - the Sun. Mike Ashley curates this literary tour through the space around this …
Man with Six Senses
Häftad, 2020
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Hilda is besotted with Michael, because Michael has a gift. Through some mutation, his mind is able to perceive 'lines of energy' and 'the vast ocean of movement' - things beyond the limits of the five senses and perhaps even common understanding. But the gift, as so often in life, comes with a …
Society of Time
The Original Trilogy and Other Stories
Av John Brunner
Häftad, 2020
127 kr
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Don Miguel Navarro lives in Britain – a Britain which failed to repel the Spanish Armada invasion. He is part of the Society of Time, an organisation which polices the improper use of time travel, and which is galvanised into action when an ancient relic from a parallel time’s South America is …
Nature's Warnings
Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction
Häftad, 2020
130 kr
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Science fiction has always confronted the concerns of society, and our concern over humanity’s ecological impact on nature has inspired incredible stories for generations. In this new collection of stories from the classic period of the genre, explore both tales of eco-catastrophe and ruin …
