Anthologies

Attention, earthlings! Here are twenty imaginative stories from the pioneers of sci-fi and the best of today"s popular science fiction writers, including Isaac Asimov, H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury.

A nautical tour-de-force featuring tales by some of the outstanding writers of the genre, including: Jonathan Swift Charles Dickens Daniel Defoe Robert Louis Stevenson Edage Allan Poe Herman Melville Francois Rabelais Jules Verne Dante Alighieri Giovanni Boccaccio Christopher Columbus Sir Walter Raleigh

A beautiful literary anthology published to commemorate the International Polar Year―and remind us what we're in danger of losing. The Arctic and Antarctic ice shelves have been an object of obsession for as long as we've known they existed. Countless explorers, including such legends as Richard Byrd, Ernest Shackleton, and Robert Falcon Scott, have risked their lives to chart their frozen landscapes. Now, for the first time in human history, we are in legitimate danger of seeing polar ice dramatically shrink, break apart, or even disappear. The Ends of the Earth , a collection of the very best writing on the Arctic and Antarctic, will simultaneously commemorate four centuries of exploring and scientific study, and make the call for preservation. Stocked with first-person narratives, cultural histories, nature and science writing, and fiction, this book is a compendium of the greats of their fields: including legendary polar explorers and such writers as Jon Krakauer, Jack London, Diane Ackerman, Barry Lopez, and Ursula K. LeGuin. Edited by two contemporary authorities on exploring and the environment, The Ends of the Earth is a memorable collection of terrific writing―and a lasting contribution to the debate over global warming and the future of the polar regions themselves. About International Polar Year - International Polar Year (which begins in spring 2007) is a major international science initiative that aims to focus public attention on the polar regions and our effect on them. The last such initiative, the International Geophysical Year in 1957–58, involved 80,000 scientists from 67 countries. This one promises to be bigger still.

The best single-volume anthology of science fiction available―includes online teacher's guide The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction features over a 150 years' worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and startling futuristic speculations, these stories will appeal to all readers as they chart the emergence and evolution of science fiction as a modern literary genre. They also provide a fascinating look at how our Western technoculture has imaginatively expressed its hopes and fears from the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century to the digital age of today. A free online teacher's guide at http://sfanthology.site.wesleyan.edu/ accompanies the anthology and offers access to a host of pedagogical aids for using this book in an academic setting. The stories in this anthology have been selected and introduced by the editors of Science Fiction Studies, the world's most respected journal for the critical study of science fiction.

An old man discovers a baby the size of his thumb in a glowing stalk of bamboo, and the baby grows into a beautiful woman princess from the moon. The emperor of Japan falls in love with her, but the moon people come to take her away in a flying saucer. So goes a tenth-century Japanese fairy tale, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, one of the earliest known examples of science fiction. But can we call a fairy tale, "science fiction?" The experts don't agree. Many old stories feature the moon, other planets, and scientific advance but none call themselves science fiction. Instead, experts apply the term proto-science fiction to these historic works. This book is a brief introduction to the genre. It provides the history of science fictions origins, and shows the culture that influenced the work. More than an introduction, however, it is also an anthology of the work; not only do you get to read the history behind the work--you actually get to read the work. Dozens of works are included in this large collection; authors and works include: Mary Shelley Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus The Last Man Edgar Allan Poe The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfall Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas Around the World in Eighty Days From the Earth to the Moon A Journey to the Interior of the Earth The Mysterious Island Edward Bellamy Dr. Heidenhoff's Process Looking Backward Equality H.G. Wells The First Men in the Moon The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance The Island of Doctor Moreau The Time Machine The War of the Worlds The World Set Free This work is part of a large collection titled "The History of Science Fiction."

An anthology of short scary stories all with a single theme - tales from the deep! Contents: The Kraken by Alfred Lord Tennyson | Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft | Haggopian by Brian Lumley | The Madonna by Clive Barker | The Temple by H.P. Lovecraft | The Poulps by Jules Verne - (Book 2 Chapter 18 from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea) | The Unknown Thing by Timothy G. Huguenin | Penny Divers by Lee Murray | The Black Echo by Darren Todd |The Girl on the Beach by Dan LeRoy | Lonely, Rises the Abyss by Darin Hlavaz | Pierce’s Island by Charlie Walls | Hivuninga Island by Brian Craddock |The Fighter’s Tale by Steve Dillon | Take me Deeper Still by Eric Dimbleby |Solitude by Marc E. Fitch | A Cold and Carnal Hunger by Shannon Lawrence | The Music Box by Marie Michaels | The Black Sea by Chris Mason | The Natloer by Aristo Couvaras | Oasis Libidine by Rhoads Brazos | Andromeda Ascends by Matthew R. Davis | With cover art by Hugo award-winning artist Bob Eggleton, and illustrated throughout, including 12 illustrations by Will Jacques.