the best of classic sci-fi & fantasy
The roots of the Sci-fi & Fantasy genres go back a long way. Many of these classics are not well known. We aim to change that with huge collections at unbeatable prices. We want to make these classic stories accessible to readers everywhere. Check out the collections below and get ready to be blown away.
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Edith Nesbit’s Book of Dragons and more. . .
One of the corner stones of modern fantasy, Edith Nesbit’s Book of Dragons is as entertaining to read today as it was when it was first written in 1899. This collection also includes Grim Tales, her works of Gothic horror and mystery, followed by a series of her young adult fantasy stories, progenitors of beloved tales from Goonies to Harry Potter.
Apocalypse & Dystopia Collection
The breakdown of society, or its perversion into a nightmare hidden beneath the façade of perfection or farce, is nothing new. Classic writers from Mary Shelley (The Last Man) to Jack London (The Scarlet Plague) extrapolate the fissures and faults in society and how they might metastasize in the face of global outbreaks, natural disasters, or economic collapse. Issues that resonate eerily for today. Writers such as Yevgeny Zamyatin (We), Samuel Butler (Erewhon), Jack London (The Iron Heel), even Jonathan Swift (Gulliver’s Travels) warn us through the genre of science fiction or satire that the proposed solutions, post crisis, can pose horrifying perils of their own as societies overreach or overcompensate in an effort to avoid further trauma. Never have these classic treasures been more relevant than now.
The Roots of Afrofuturism
The themes and characteristics of Afrofuturism go back to the late 19th century. These works are haunting not just for their stories and themes but for how relevant they remain today.
The Comet: This post-apocalyptic short story by W.E.B. DuBois features a landscape ravaged by a pandemic that leaves the survivors grappling with the legacies of racism.
Conjure Woman: Charles Chesnutt’s collection of magical stories from the south is evokes comparisons to Nnedi Okorafor and Ben Okri.
Of One Blood: Or, The Hidden Self: Pauline Hopkin’s masterful novel Of One Blood: a tale of intrigue, romance, mysticism, and science that wrestles with the complexities of intersectionality, class, and social divisions.
Wonderland & Oz Collection
What happened after Alice and Dorothy returned home from the wondrous fantasy worlds they had discovered? The stories of Wonderland and Oz both continued with Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass and over twenty five continuing adventures in the world of Oz by Frank Baum, Ruth Plumly Thompson, and Jack Snow. Here is the classic fantasy compilation you didn’t know you always wanted!
By Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland
Through the Looking Glass
Sylvie & Bruno (bonus book)
Plus 25 Stories from the Oz Series!
Best of Philip K. Dick & Jules Verne
Philip K. Dick: The Crystal Crypt; Beyond the Door; The Eyes Have It; The Hanging Stranger; The Piper in the Woods; Beyond Lies the Wub; Second Variety; Mr. Spaceship; The Skull; The Gun; Tony Beetle; The Defenders; The Variable Man
Jules Verne: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; Around the World in Eighty Days;
The Mysterious Island Trilogy (Abandoned, & The Secret of the Island); Journey to the Center of the Earth; The Underground City; The Earth to the Moon & Around the Moon; Off on a Comet
Castaways of the Flag (a Swiss Family Robinson Adventure) and more. . .
The Ultimate King Arthur Tales
In one volume, the ultimate collection of King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table tales spanning from Thomas Malory (Le Morte d'Arthur) to Mark Twain (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court). This ebook also features the epics of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Mary Esther Miller, Andrew Lang, Thomas Bulfinch, Henry Gilbert, James Knowles, Howard Pyle, Maude Radford Warren, and William Henry Frost; also includes original black and white and color illustrations from Howard Pyle, Lancelot Speed, Walter Crane, Henry Justice Ford, and Mark Twain himself. Mark Twain's Personal Reminiscences of Joan of Arc are included as a lesser known companion piece of medieval adventure.
Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft, & Franz Kafka
The work of these ground breaking work echoes today in everything from X-Files and Stranger Things, to non-fiction essays exploring the dangers of genetic engineering, class exploitation, and mental illness.
Mary Shelley – Frankenstein
Bram Stoker – Dracula’s Guest; Dracula
H.P. Lovecraft – The Shunned House; The Dunwich Horror
Franz Kafka – The Trial; The Metamorphosis.
Bulfinch’s Mythology, Lang’s Complete Book of Fairies and more. . .
This volume is formatted for all e-readers and contains a menu for navigating the expansive breadth of complete volumes. This represents the life work of two great chroniclers of European and world myths. Beginning with the myths of the classical world through King Arthur and Charlemagne, it is a journey through the ages and a must for any library. Includes: Andrew Lang’s Complete Fairy Books; A Red Romance; Arabian Nights; Dreams & Ghosts; Myths & Legends of Troy, Greece, King Arthur Thomas Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable; The Age of Chivalry; Legends of Arthur & Charlemagne
A rollicking collection of science fiction that influenced everything that came after from George Lucas and Star Wars to Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek. In this collection you will find the timeless action adventure stories that are the forerunners of the science fiction stories that have taken over pop culture. Complete novels in this download:
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars (Barsoom) Series: A Princess of Mars; Gods of Mars; Warlord of Mars; Thuvia, Maid of Mars; Chessmen of Mars
The Best of H.G. Wells:The Invisible Man; The Time Machine; The Island of Dr. Moreau; War of the Worlds; The War in the Air and more. . .
Atlas of Fairy Tales & Global Folklore 1
Volume One A-H includes stories from Africa, America, Middle East (Arabian—1001—Nights), Azores, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, England, Finland, Georgia, Hawaiian Islands.
Atlas of Fairy Tales & Global Folklore 2
Volume Two (I-M) of this three part series includes stories from India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Khasis, Korea, Isle of Man (Manx), Mexico, Mongolia.
Atlas of Fairy Tales & Global Folklore 3
Volume 3, N-W includes Norse Tales, Norwegian, Persian, Philippines, Russia, Scandinavia, Scotland, Serbia, Spain-Portugal, Turkey, Tyrol, Iceland-Greenland, Whales, plus a bonus illustrated Zoology of Fairies, Brownies, Bogles, Dwarfs, and other magical creatures.