Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - Lewis Carroll - New Book Paperback 286pp Alice is bored of sitting on the riverbank with her sister who is reading a book. Suddenly she sees a white rabbit wearing a coat and carrying a watch run past lamenting running late. She follows it down a rabbit hole and falls very slowly down a tunnel lined with curious objects. She lands in a long hallway lined with locked doors. She finds a little key sitting on a glass table. Behind a curtain on the wall she finds a tiny door that opens with the key and leads into a beautiful garden. The door however is too small for Alice to fit through. Looking back at the table she sees a bottle click here.....
Gullivers Travels - Jonathan Swift - New Book Paperback The book presents itself as a simple traveller's narrative with the disingenuous title Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World its authorship assigned only to "Lemuel Gulliver first a surgeon then a captain of several ships". Different editions contain different versions of the prefatory material which are basically the same as forewords in modern books. The book proper then is divided into four parts which are as follows. May 4 1699 — April 13 1702 The book begins with a short preamble in which Gulliver in the style of books of the time gives a brief outline of his life and history prior to his voyages. He enjo more here.....
Flatland - Edwin A. Abbott - NEW Book new paperback Get other Classic Science Fiction click here The story is about a two-dimensional world referred to as Flatland which is occupied by geometric figures line segments (females) and regular polygons with various numbers of sides. The narrator by name A. Square is indeed a humble square a member of the social caste of gentlemen and professionals in a society of geometric figures who guides us through some of the implications of life in two dimensions. The square has a dream about a visit to a one-dimensional world (Lineland) which is inhabited by "lustrous points." He attempts to convince the realm's ignorant monarch of a second dimen click here.....
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne - New Paperback Get other Classic Science Fiction books here As the story begins in 1866 a mysterious sea monster theorized by some to be a giant narwhal is sighted by ships of several nations; an ocean liner is also damaged by the creature. The United States government finally assembles an expedition in New York City to track down and destroy the menace. Professor Pierre Aronnax is a noted French marine biologist and narrator of the story; as he happens to be in New York at the time and is a recognized expert in his field he is issued a last-minute invitation to join the expedition and he accepts. Canadian master harpoonist Ned Land and Ar more information.....
The Black Cloud - Fred Hoyle- Used Book Used Paperback in good condition Other Classic Science Fiction Books click here In 1964 astrophysicists on earth become aware of an immense cloud of gas that enters the solar system. The cloud moving to interpose itself between the sun and the earth could wipe out most of the life on earth by blocking solar radiation and ending photosynthesis. A cadre of astronomers and other scientists is drawn together in Nortonstowe England to study the cloud and report to the British government about the consequences of its presence. As the behaviour of the cloud proves to be impossible to predict scientifically they come to the conclusion that it might be a life-f more information.....
The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells - New Get other Classic Science Fiction books here The story is set in England "early in the twentieth century" and begins with a quote of Johannes Kepler and a introduction given by the protagonist "No one would have believed...". After that the unnamed narrator (the protagonist) a writer of speculative scientific articles is visiting an observatory in Ottershaw on the invitation of a "well-known astronomer" named Ogilvy. There he witnesses an explosion on the surface of the planet Mars one of a series of such events that arouses much interest in the scientific community. An unspecified time later a "meteor" is seen more information.....
The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham - New Book Paperback Triffids are fictional plants capable of animal-like behaviour: they feed on rotting meat are able to uproot themselves and move about on their three "legs" possess a deadly whip-like poisonous sting and appear to communicate with each other. The narrator and protagonist is Bill Masen who has made his living working with Triffids. Being an expert on the subject he speculates that they were deliberately bioengineered in the Soviet Union and that Triffid seeds were spread worldwide when an attempt was made to smuggle them out of Russia; the escaping plane is presumed to have been shot down literally scattering the seeds to t more here.....
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson - New Paperback Get other Classic Science Fiction books here Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend Dr. Henry Jekyll and the misanthropic Mr. Edward Hyde. The work is known for its vivid portrayal of a split personality split in the sense that within the same person there is both an apparently good and an evil personality each being quite distinct from each other.The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language with the ver find out more.....
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley - New Get other Classic Science Fiction books here Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus generally known as Frankenstein is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. Shelley started writing Frankenstein when she was 18 and finished when she was 19. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the revised third edition published in 1831. The title of the novel refers to a scientist Victor Frankenstein who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man but larger than average and more powerful. In popular culture people have tended to refer to the Creature as "Frankenstein" despit more.....
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley - New Hardback with dust-jacket Get other Classic Science Fiction books here Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus generally known as Frankenstein is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. Shelley started writing Frankenstein when she was 18 and finished when she was 19. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the revised third edition published in 1831. The title of the novel refers to a scientist Victor Frankenstein who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man but larger than average and more powerful. In popular culture people have tended to refer to the Creature as " extra info.....
The Time Machine - H.G. Wells - New Get other Classic Science Fiction books here The book's protagonist is a scientist and amateur inventor living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Having demonstrated to friends using a miniature model that time is a fourth dimension and that a suitable apparatus can move back and forth in this fourth dimension he builds a full-scale model capable of carrying himself. He sets off on a journey into the future. His journey takes him to the year A.D. 802 701 where he finds an apparently peaceful and pastoral society. Upon arrival he meets a small human people who name themselves the Eloi. The Eloi live in small communi more information.....
