The Foundations of Fiction - Sci-Fi: The stories that created one of the most popular genres of our time

Written by H. G. Wells, Jack London, E F Benson and 11 more

Narrated by Eric Meyers

To know the future is perhaps the most fabled of wishes.

In this volume we present a roll-call of classic authors including H P Lovecraft, H G Wells, Mary Shelley, Lewis Carroll, Jack London and many others who short story by short story establish much of what today is science fact. From space travel, the Internet, robots and cyborgs to voice control, organ transplants, mobile phones, these are just a few of the amazing and bewildering predictions that together bring a unique yet intricate account of the beginnings of this most prescient of genres.

1 - The Foundations of Fiction - Sci-Fi - An Introduction

2 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 1 by H G Wells

3 - A Dream of Armageddon - Part 2 by H G Wells

4 - Doctor Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne

5 - Master Zacharius - Part 1 by Jules Verne

6 - Master Zacharius - Part 2 by Jules Verne

7 - Photography Extraordinary by Lewis Carroll

8 - A Thousand Deaths by Jack London

9 - The Color Out of Space by H P Lovecraft

10 - The Conquest of the Earth by the Moon by Washington Irving

11 - The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley

12 - The Clock That Went Backward by Edward Page Mitchell

13 - Plato's Dream by Voltaire

14 - Caterpillars by E F Benson

15 - Into the Sun by Robert Duncan Milne

16 - The Blue Laboratory by L T Meade

17 - The Crystal Man by Edward Page Mitchell

18 - The Dust of Death by Fred M White

19 - The Artist of the Beautiful by Nathaniel Hawthorne

20 - The Tachypomp by Edward Page Mitchell

21 - What Was It by Fitz James O'Brien

22 - The Park of Kings by Alexander Kuprin

23 - The Eidoloscope by Robert Duncan Milne

24 - The Man Without a Body by Edward Page Mitchell

25 - The Republic of the Southern Cross by Valery Bryusov

26 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part 1 by Robert W Chambers

27 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part 2 by Robert W Chambers

28 - Aepyornis Island by H G Wells

29 - The Unparallelled Invasion by Jack London

30 - The Voice of God by Winifred Holtby

31 - Cool Air by H P Lovecraft

32 - The Flowering of the Strange Orchid by H G Wells

33 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne

34 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Copyright Group
• Release date: Dec 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9781803546179

H. G. Wells

H.G. Wells (1866–1946) was an English novelist who helped to define modern science fiction. Wells came from humble beginnings with a working-class family. As a teen, he was a draper’s assistant before earning a scholarship to the Normal School of Science. It was there that he expanded his horizons learning different subjects like physics and biology. Wells spent his free time writing stories, which eventually led to his groundbreaking debut, The Time Machine. It was quickly followed by other successful works like The Island of Doctor Moreau and The War of the Worlds.