Short Stories

The year is 802, 701. The planet is Earth. only teo races of people noe exist- the Morlocks and the Eloi.H.G. Wells (1866-1946) was a novelist, journalist, sociologist and historian, best-known for his science fiction novels. His first attempt at fiction writing was merely imitative, but he eventual... More

Arguably the greatest science fiction writer who ever lived, Isaac Asimov also possessed one of the most brilliant and original minds of our time. His accessible style and far-reaching interests in subjects ranging from science to humor to history earned him the nickname "the Great Explainer." "I. A... More

In February 2108, the New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition reaches California at last. Although it is over a century since the world was devastated by nuclear war, the blight of radiation still gnaws away at the survivors. The expedition expects to find physical destruction, but they are quite unprepa... More

This giant volume combines two collections of the best science fiction stories from the fifties, sixties, and seventies, edited and with an introduction by the incomparable Isaac Asimov. These thrilling and sometimes frightening visions of the future include: - "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov- "... More

This is a breathtaking collection of science fiction short stories written by authors who need no introduction. This volume offers compelling evidence that science fiction is the source of the most thoughtful, imaginative - indeed literary - fiction ever written. It’s a rare treat for sci-fi buffs... More

Two of the most respected editors in the SF field select the best short stories of 2005 for this collection that contains new tales by Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, Bruce Sterling, and others. Original.Travel farther than you've ever dreamed Man has mused about the nature of our universe since h... More

One of Wells's classics--a pioneering story in the science fiction genre--is available as a Scholastic Classics, with a new Introduction.... More

Culled from the pages of the "Star Wars Adventure Journal, one of the most popular "Star Wars magazines in the field today, comes this exciting new short-story collection. Here are stories from such award-winning and "New York Times bestselling authors as Timothy Zahn, Michael A. Stackpole and Kathy... More

A spaceship captain determined to gather a cupful of the sun. . .a nubile young witch who yearns to taste human love. . .an expedition that hunts dinosaurs across the fragile and dangerous chasm of time. . . These strange and wonderful tales of beauty and terror will transport you from the begininng... More

"One of the most unique and imaginative writers of his generation."--"USA Today"  Welcome to the many and fascinating worlds of Jonathan Lethem's striking story collection:   A dead man extends his stay on Earth in order to support his family, but merely exists, zombielike, while here; &nb... More

The latest volume in this anthology series created by L. Ron Hubbard out of his lifetime commitment to helping new writers and artists, and judged by a Hall-of-Fame roster of top professionals.The L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests discover and introduce the very best new... More

He claims he's not a fan of rock-and-roll, but somehow Harlan Ellison's seminal novel based on the career of Jerry Lee Lewis ended up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. One of the first - and still one of the best - dissections of the wildly destructive rock-and-roll lifestyle, Spider Kiss isn't abo... More

"Science fiction is the characteristic literary genre of the century. It is the genre that stands in opposition to literary modernism." -David G. Hartwell, from the Introduction First published in hardcover in 1997, "The Science Fiction Century "was an anthology that defined and explained what we me... More

Projecting a near-future United States in which justice is blind in at least one eye and the ranks of the disenchanted have swollen to dangerous levels, Mosely offers nine interconnected stories whose characters appear and reappear in each others' lives. For all its denizens, from technocrats to ter... More

The 21st volume in the anthology series features 15 tales by promising science fiction and fantasy writers. All contributions to the anthology have been selected by such well-known authors of the genre as Orson Scott Card, Anne McCaffrey, Tim Powers, and Robert Silverberg.... More

What if when you closed your eyes and fell asleep, you found yourself in a world where fantasy and reality meet? What if when you opened your eyes you found yourself awake and aware that everything around you was not real? What if you found that the world around you had no boundaries, no laws, and t... More

English novelist, historian and science writer Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) abandoned teaching and launched his literary career with a series of highly successful science-fiction novels. The Time Machine was the first of a number of these imaginative literary inventions. First published in 1895,... More