H.G. Wells classic tale of science, ethics and madness, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance tells the story of a scientist named Griffin who develops an ingenious serum that can render people invisible. Taking it himself, Griffin begins a slow descent into insanity...and murder. One of Wells' infamous Scientific Romances, The Invisible Man is an early sci-fi classic and a must-listen for all fans of the genre....
What are those strange lights coming from Precipice Peak? Based on a story by Stephen Tall, this episode of X Minus One originally aired on March 13, 1957. X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more....
The fearless Professor Lidenbrock makes the most remarkable expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey through the extinct Icelandic volcano to the very core of the Earth. In his quest to penetrate the eternal mysteries of the planet, the geologist - along with the nephew of the earthquake Axel and their devoted guide Hans - discovers an amazing underground menagerie of prehistoric proportions. Verne's figurative tale is at once the supreme sci-fi adventure and a reflection of the perfection of the human understanding and psychology of the Quaestor....
Gran'pa is ninety-five, possessed of £100,000, a fertile imagination, and a good physique. He sees in the papers accounts of the theory of rejuvenation by means of gland-grafting. Nothing will satisfy him but that the experiment should be made upon himself. He acquires a gorilla, a hefty murderous brute, and the operation is performed with success. That is only the beginning. He next determines to dig out an old love, and make her young, too; and Sally, a dear old lady of seventy, arrives upon the scene. Inspired to philanthropy by the thrill of regained youth, Gran'pa decides to take a...
Orson Wayne lowered as if a mask, an ironic smile worn on his lips. You want sincerity, he said, well, then I'll be sincere. Sincerity creates wrinkles, but it is a privilege for our friends to make us old by our time. Sincerely, Luke, I'm very, very tired....
The Author wishes to state that no case of Christian Science healing has been cited in this story but such as she has known of a parallel case in real life....
State Security Agent, Colonel Ilya Simonov, was sent to Prague to the Moskvich car dealership. Recently, a wind of change has been blowing from Prague. It's horrible! The Soviet government intends to end it!...
Man from Time is a short science fiction novel written in 1954 for the magazine Fantastic Universe. The method by which one person could be precisely defined in the vastness of Eternity was the problem that the universal Frank Belknap Long dealt with in this story. And, as all minds of great discernment know, this would be a simple human quality that he would find most effective even in solving Space-time. "In the depths of the future, he found the answer to the eternal problem of man." It's nice to publish this new, high-quality and affordable edition of this timeless story....
"Horng sat opposite the tiny, fragile creature who held a microphone, its wires attached to an interpreting machine. He blinked his huge eyes slowly, his stiff mouth fumblingly forming words of a language his race had not used for thirty thousand years. 'Kor was . . . is . . . God . . . Knowledge.' He had tried to convey this to the small creatures who had invaded his world, but they did not heed. Their ill-equipped brains were trying futilely to comprehend the ancient race memory of his people."...
Each status quo-caste society in history has left two roads open to rise above your caste: Priest and Warrior. But in the society of television and tranquilizers - the Warrior takes on a new strange meaning ......
My first sensation was a sudden and severe cooling - the cold that pierced my body and swallowed it like a charge of electricity. For a moment, I was not aware of anything else. Then I realized that I was drowning in cold water and instinctively struggling with the need to suffocate and breathe fresh air. I kicked weakly and frantically. I opened my eyes and squeezed them when the bright green water stung them. Then I froze for a moment, as if suspended above the depths, and began to rise. It seemed a few hours before I again went up to the open air and, fortunately, drank it deep into my...
