100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
Title | 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Isaac Asimov |
Publisher | Pan |
Total Pages | 302 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Short stories, English |
ISBN | 9780330261555 |
Science fiction-noveller.
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
Title | 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Isaac Asimov |
Publisher | Avon Books |
Total Pages | 324 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Fiction |
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100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories
Title | 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Isaac Asimov |
Publisher | Doubleday Books |
Total Pages | 344 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Fiction |
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Among the authors represented in this collection of brief tales are Marion Zimmer Bradley, Harlan Ellison, Barry N. Malzberg, Roger Zelazny, H.P. Lovecraft, and Edgar Pangborn.
Microcosmic Tales
Title | Microcosmic Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Isaac Asimov |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 360 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
100 Great Short Stories
Title | 100 Great Short Stories PDF eBook |
Author | James Daley |
Publisher | Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | 766 |
Release | 2015-02-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0486803287 |
"This is a wonderful collection of authors from America and around the world. Centuries are covered, making this a great resource for English teachers and any lover of literature." — Life Community Church This treasury of one hundred tales offers students and other readers of short fiction a splendid selection of stories by masters of the form. Contributors from around the world include Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Guy de Maupassant, Charles Dickens, Anton Chekhov, Mark Twain, Saki, Luigi Pirandello, Kate Chopin, and Ring Lardner. The stories, which are arranged chronologically, begin with tales by Daniel Defoe ("The Apparition of Mrs. Veal," 1705), Benjamin Franklin ("Alice Addertongue," 1732), and Washington Irving ("The Devil and Tom Walker," 1824). Highlights from the nineteenth century include Ivan Turgenev's "The District Doctor" (1852), Sarah Orne Jewett's "A White Heron" (1886), Thomas Hardy's "Squire Petrick's Lady" (1891), and Rudyard Kipling's "Wee Willie Winkie" (1899). From the twentieth century come James Joyce's "Araby" (1914), Franz Kafka's "The Judgment" (1916), Virginia Woolf's "The Mark on the Wall" (1921), "The Broken Boot" (1923) by John Galsworthy, and many others. "A fabulous collections of stories sure to please any reader! The chronological layout is perfect for those looking to explore the development of stories over time and their relation to society." — Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library
A Matter of Matter
Title | A Matter of Matter PDF eBook |
Author | L. Ron Hubbard |
Publisher | Galaxy Press LLC |
Total Pages | 156 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 159212366X |
Chuck Lambert toils for 11 grueling years to scrape together enough money to finally buy a planet of his own. Rather than purchase on legally from the Interior Department of the Outer Galactic Control, he succumbs to the flashy advertising of a galactic swindler named Madman Murphy.
Lieu
Title | Lieu PDF eBook |
Author | Various |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 292 |
Release | 2015-02-18 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780692385029 |
Nine short stories from a few of the greatest names in science fiction on the topic of exchange, replacement, upgrade, and masquerade. Ranging from true short story length through novelette and originally published in science fiction magazines in the 1950s, these brief escapes into improbable worlds have it all: humor, suspense, betrayal, mystery, twists, and of course-robots and aliens. THE BIG TRIP UP YONDER by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. THE JUDAS VALLEY by Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg THE MOON IS GREEN by Fritz Leiber OLD RAMBLING HOUSE by Frank Herbert PIPER IN THE WOODS by Philip K. Dick SENTIMENT, INC. by Poul Anderson THE TUNNEL UNDER THE WORLD by Frederik Pohl YEAR OF THE BIG THAW by Marion Zimmer Bradley YOUTH by Isaac Asimov