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Armageddon 2419 AD
Philip Francis Nowlan
10 days •
ⓘ 1928 • The original Buck Rogers sci-fi adventure! Our hero finds himself in the far future where America groans under the tyranny of the hated Hans.
The Black Star Passes
John W. Campbell
23 days •
ⓘ 1953 • Scientists Arcot and Morey set off on a series of adventure pursuing space pirates, contacting new alien races, and defending the solar system from a sinister threat.
The Brick Moon
Edward Everett Hale
9 days •
ⓘ 1869 • A bit of speculative fiction about launching a satellite. Somewhat less prescient is the detail that it's made of bricks. And people are unintentionally aboard - can they survive?
The Cosmic Computer
H. Beam Piper
22 days •
ⓘ 1963 • Young Conn Maxwell arrives on the planet of Poictesme from Earth with news about Merlin, the super-computer fabled to have god-like abilities.
The First Men in the Moon
H.G. Wells
28 days •
ⓘ 1901 • Journey to the moon with an eccentric scientist and scheming businessman in this early sci-fi fantasy.
From the Earth to the Moon
Jules Verne
16 days •
ⓘ 1865 • Following the American Civil War, a gun club embarks upon a novel endeavor: building a cannon to fire a projectile - with 3 men aboard - to the moon.
The Lost Continent
Edgar Rice Burroughs
18 days •
ⓘ 1915 • It is the 22nd century. The Old World, after centuries of war, has descended into barbarism and darkness. An adrift crew from the Americas finds themselves forced back into this unknown land.
The Mummy!
Jane Webb
56 days •
ⓘ 1827 • In the futuristic world of the year 2126, an ancient Egyptian mummy is brought back to life.
Operation Interstellar
George O. Smith
22 days •
ⓘ 1950 • Paul Grayson is close to a breakthrough establishing real-time planetary communications, but mysterious powers are at work against him in this classic space opera adventure.
The Planet Mappers
E. Everett Evans
27 days •
ⓘ 1955 • Teenagers Jon and Jack Carver together with their parents strive to chart an entire new solar system in this retro space yarn.
Ralph 124C 41+
Hugo Gernsback
16 days •
ⓘ 1926 • A visionary novel of the twenty-seventh century predicting technologies such as television, video conferencing, radar, and solar energy while pioneering many science fiction tropes.
Recruit for Andromeda
Milton Lesser
14 days •
ⓘ 1959 • Kit Temple is drafted for the Nowhere Journey, from which no man has yet returned. He embarks on a journey to the edge of time and space to unlock Nowhere's secrets and save Earth.
Robur the Conqueror
Jules Verne
20 days •
ⓘ 1886 • Equipped with an incredible flying machine, Robur aims to become conqueror of the world! An above-the-clouds companion to Verne's adventures under the sea.
Second Variety
Philip K. Dick
7 days •
ⓘ 1953 • A nuclear assault by the Soviet Union pushes UN forces to flee to the moon, leaving robots to continue the war. But the robots soon develop beyond their original purpose.
The Skylark of Space
Edward E. Smith
35 days •
ⓘ 1928 • After stumbling upon the secret of interstellar flight, Dick Seaton is soon racing across the universe to save his loved ones from the clutches of the greedy DuQuesne. One of the first and best space operas.
The Sleeper Awakes
H.G. Wells
34 days •
ⓘ 1910 • Insomniac Graham awakes to find it is the year 2100, he is master of the world - and under arrest by order of the White Council. An early dystopian novel.
Stand for Mars
Carey Rockwell
21 days •
ⓘ 1952 • The first in the Tom Corbett '50s sci-fi series featuring three men who join the Solar Guard.
The Star Lord
Boyd Ellanby
10 days •
ⓘ 1953 • A luxury passenger rocket sets off on its maiden voyage into space, but meets only disaster in this sci-fi allegory.
Terror Out Of Space
Leigh Brackett
4 days •
ⓘ 1944 • Beneath the seas of Venus waits a menace that drives men mad.
This Crowded Earth
Robert Bloch
14 days •
ⓘ 1958 • A science fiction thriller from the author of "Psycho" set in a dark overpopulated future.
Triplanetary
Edward E. Smith
29 days •
ⓘ 1934 • An eons-long breeding program, initiated in the human race by super-intelligence aliens, weaves its way through history in this pulp space opera classic.
With the Night Mail
Rudyard Kipling
5 days •
ⓘ 1905 • Upon the backdrop of an air traffic control group turned world government, an intercontinental mail dirigible battles the perfect storm.
The World Set Free
H.G. Wells
23 days •
ⓘ 1914 • Many years before it became a grim reality, Wells predicts a new kind of warfare with weapons capable of such massive destruction, society itself is threatened: atomic bombs.
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