SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY SHORT STORIES

From Robert E. Howard's thrilling stories of Conan the Barbarian to Nathaniel Hawthorne's subtle tale 'The Artist of the Beautiful' the settings in this collection range from the frozen wastes of Antarctica to the red plains of Mars and themes of space travel, apocalypse, magic and power permeate these stories. At the heart as with all good fiction are the characters, who remain as human as you or I. 17 science fiction and fantasy stories beginning with H. G. Wells's Under the Knife and The Door in the Wall, Ambrose Bierce's Moxon's Master, John York Cabot's Rats in the Belfry and three stories by Robert E. Howard and ending with William Morris's The Folk of the Mountain Door. Several of these writers struggled to make a living even though they wrote prolifically for early 20th century pulp magazines. The literary landscape as we know it today was established through the speculative fiction of these devoted individuals. 384 large and glamorous pages.