Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Andre Laurie tells the story of intrepid French submariners who discover the sole survivors of Atlantis living within a crystal dome on the ocean floor. English edition published in 1896. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

A Lost Race novel of an Atlantean remnant beneath the ocean off the Azores. Andre Laurie was the only writer to have co-authored a book, Salvage from the Cynthia, with Jules Verne.

Replaced previously deleted materialNewly edited textIncludes the original illustrationsNow with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó The Purchase of the North Pole is one of Verne's lesser-known works. A sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, it tells of the Gun Club's mad plans to tip the Earth on its axis in order to access the coal veins at the North Pole! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Villiers de L'Isle-Adam's classic novel of the creation of an artificial woman is one of the earliest science-based descriptions of a robot in SF literature. This edition is based on the 1926 adaptation by Florence Crewe-Jones. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Science fiction is a literary genre based on scientific speculation. Works of science fiction use the ideas and the vocabulary of all sciences to create valid narratives that explore the future effects of science on events and human beings. Science Fact and Science Fiction examines in one volume how science has propelled science-fiction and, to a lesser extent, how science fiction has influenced the sciences. Although coverage will discuss the science behind the fiction from the Classical Age to the present, focus is naturally on the 19th century to the present, when the Industrial Revolution and spectacular progress in science and technology triggered an influx of science-fiction works speculating on the future. As scientific developments alter expectations for the future, the literature absorbs, uses, and adapts such contextual visions. The goal of the Encyclopedia is not to present a catalog of sciences and their application in literary fiction, but rather to study the ongoing flow and counterflow of influences, including how fictional representations of science affect how we view its practice and disciplines. Although the main focus is on literature, other forms of science fiction, including film and video games, are explored and, because science is an international matter, works from non-English speaking countries are discussed as needed.

Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó While written by Edward Everett Hale with tongue in cheek, this short novel from 1869 contains the first-ever description of an artificial earth satellite. It also describes the potential benefits of such a satellite for navigation, communication, weather observation, etc. Includes "On Vesta" by the Soviet space pioneer, K.E. Tsiolkovsky. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerAlso Includes _Friend IslandÓ Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó When five shipwrecked sailors land on an island inhabited by five beautiful winged women, it seems like paradise. That is, until the men feel compelled to bring the angels to earth...A classic of feminist science fiction by Inez Haynes Gillmore, Angel Island was originally published in 1914. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Published in the 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. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).