Publisher's Synopsis
Assembled by a legendary science-fiction author and editor, this compilation presents nearly 30 early tales of futuristic societies, rogue stars, rebellious machines, and other now-familiar subjects of speculative fiction. These formative short stories, originally published between 1835-1924, include works by Poe, Hawthorne, Bierce, Wells, London, and Kipling, as well as lesser-known authors.