In this new collection of essays, well-known critic Brian Stableford presents twelve pieces on science-fiction and fantasy writers M. P. Shiel, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Humphry Davy, Robert Hunt, Vernon Lee, J. G. Ballard, James Morrow, Dean Koontz, and Terry Pratchett. Complete with detailed index.

This new collection gathers together 45 of Stableford's best critical reviews on works of science fiction, fantasy, horror, decadent literature, and nonfiction books about these topics. His comments are witty, intelligent, and full of insight. Complete with comprehensive index.

Most of these ten stories belong to a loosely-knit series tracking the potential effects of possible developments in biotechnology on the evolution of global society. "A master of the SF short story"--Robert Reginald.

Written between 1895 and 1912, de Pawlowski's work introduces the singular era of the Leviathan, when a colossal entity envelopes men like cells in a gigantic body, the time of the Scientific Tyranny, when the Savants rules supreme, and, finally, the Great Idealist Renaissance when the fourth dimension becomes familiar to all men.

Written in 1933, this is the origin story of the greatest of all French pulp heroes. Created by prolific writer de La Hire, it is presented here with three additional short stories also featuring the Nyctalope.

Once upon a time all literature was fantasy, set in a mythical past when magic existed, animals talked, and the gods took an active hand in earthly affairs. As the mythical past was displaced in Western estimation by the historical past and novelists became increasingly preoccupied with the present, fantasy was temporarily marginalized until the late 20th century, when it enjoyed a spectacular resurgence in every stratum of the literary marketplace. Stableford provides an invaluable guide to this sequence of events and to the current state of the field. The chronology tracks the evolution of...

Ten funny short stories of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, including the first publication of the long fantasy novella, "The Phantom of Teirbrun."

Six stories of fantasy and science fiction by a modern master, including three pieces published for the first time: "The Path of Progess," "Kalamada's Blessing," "The Shepherd's Daughter," "Shadows of the Past," "Reconstruction," and the original short fantasy novel, "The Return of the Djinn."

Eleven stories of science fiction and fantasy by a master writer of the fantastic, including four tales published for the first time.

Seven tales of the near future, one published for the first time, part of the author's long-running and cutting-edge "Biotech Revolution" series.