The Girl in the Golden Atom. Ray Cummings' 1923 fantasy classic about a man who discovers a new universe hidden in single atom of gold...and the golden woman he finds there.
The Blue Lagoon Omnibus.
The Sea Lady.
A nearly unknown satiric fantasy by H.G. Wells. Originally published in 1902, it tells the story of the turmoil created in a working-class British home by the unexpected appearance of a mermaid as house-guest. Includes the original illustrations.
The Coming Race
,
an instant
best-seller when it appeared in
1871, tells of a race of
super-scientific super-beings
living deep beneath the surface
of the Earth. And the beautiful
Zee is a super-woman among
these super-beings...beings
destined to conquer the upper
world. A science fiction classic
from Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the
author of The Last Days of
Pompeii.
The Life and Adventures of
Peter Wilkins
Paltock's 1751 masterpiece
about an underground race of
winged, flying
humans---including the
beautiful, courageous
Youwarkee---has been
compared to Robinson Crusoe
and Gulliver's Travels as one of
the great fantasy adventuers of
all time. Includes the original
illustrations.
The Beetle
same year as Dracula ,
Richard Marsh's little-known
occult thriller tells the
blood-curdling story of a
supernatural, shape-changing
creature that takes the form of
a mysterious, beautiful
woman in order to enact her
terrible vengeance on
Mankind... Includes the original i llustrations.