Publisher's Synopsis
A fascinating collection of early science fiction tales, including: -- Micromegas by Voltaire -- The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion by Edgar Allan Poe -- The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish -- Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon (excerpt) by Cyrano de Bergerac -- The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion by Edgar Allan Poe -- The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne