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Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible (or at least non-supernatural) content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities. Exploring the consequences of scientific innovations is one purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas".— Excerpted from Science fiction on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Exploring the Unknown[edit]
Alien worlds[edit]
- From the Earth to the Moon, 1865 by Jules Verne, translated by Lewis Page Mercier & Eleanor E. King
- Hector Servadac, 1877 by Jules Verne
- Frewer translation, 1877 by Ellen E. Frewer
- Off on a Comet—or Hector Servadac, April 1926
- Around the Moon, by Jules Verne, translated by Lewis Page Mercier & Eleanor E. King, sequel to From the Earth to the Moon
- Melbourne and Mars, 1889 by Joseph Fraser
- The First Men in the Moon, 1901 by Herbert George Wells
- Le Voyage dans la Lune, 1902 film by Georges Méliès
- Lieutenant Gulliver Jones: His Vacation, 1905 by Edwin Lester Arnold
- A Voyage to Arcturus, 1920 by David Lindsay
- Pirates of Venus, 1934 by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- "The Lost Temples of Xantoos," by Howell Calhoun in Weird Tales (October 1936, vol. 28, no. 3) (poem)
- The Dual World, 1938 by Arthur Kelvin Barnes
- The Raid from Mars, 1939 by Miles John Breuer
- Trouble on Titan, 1941 by Arthur Kelvin Barnes
- The Gun, 1952 by Philip Kindred Dick
- Piper in the Woods, 1953 by Philip Kindred Dick
- Tony and the Beetles, 1953 by Philip Kindred Dick
- Plague Ship, 1956 by Andre Norton
- Voodoo Planet, 1959 by Andre Norton
- Mirrikh, or, A Woman from Mars: A Tale of Occult Adventure, (1892) by Francis Worcester Doughty
- The Three Eyes (1921) by Maurice Leblanc, translated by Alexander Texeira de Mattos
Burroughs' Barsoom series[edit]
- A Princess of Mars, 1912 by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- The Gods of Mars, 1918 by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- The Warlord of Mars, 1913-4 by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Thuvia, Maid of Mars, 1920 by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- The Chessmen of Mars, 1922 by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- The Master Mind of Mars, 1928 by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Lost worlds[edit]
- The Lost World literary genre is a fantasy or science fiction genre that involves the discovery of a new world out of time, place, or both. It began as a subgenre of the late-Victorian imperial romance and remains popular to this day.— Excerpted from Lost World (genre) on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Phosphor: An Ischian Mystery, 1888 by John Filmore Sherry
- The Lost World, 1912 by Arthur Conan Doyle
- At the Earth's Core, 1914 by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Pellucidar)
- The Lost Continent, 1916 by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Burroughs' Caspak trilogy[edit]
- The Land That Time Forgot (omnibus), 1918 by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an omnibus of the three novellas
- The Land That Time Forgot, 1918 by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- The People That Time Forgot, 1918 by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Out of Time's Abyss, 1918 by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Space and the universe[edit]
- The Man From the Atom, 1923 by Green Peyton Wertenbaker
- "Where Are You, Mr. Biggs?," by Nelson Slade Bond in Weird Tales (September-October 1941, vol. 36, no. 1)—a Lancelot Biggs story
Terrestrial exploration[edit]
- Journey into the Interior of the Earth, 1864 by Jules Verne, translated by Frederick Amadeus Malleson
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas, 1870 by Jules Verne, 2001 translation by F. P. Walter
New lifeforms[edit]
Alien lifeforms[edit]
- The Whisperer in Darkness, 1931 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
- Beyond Lies the Wub, 1952 by Philip Kindred Dick
Artificially-engineered lifeforms[edit]
- Constructed, re-vivified, genetically engineered or otherwise intentional, artificial creation of new lifeforms.
- Frankenstein, 1831 by Mary Shelley
- The Island of Doctor Moreau, 1896 by Herbert George Wells
- Mr. Spaceship, 1953 by Philip Kindred Dick
Machine lifeforms[edit]
- The Mentanicals, 1949 edition by George Henry Weiss, originally published in Amazing Stories, April 1934
- Second Variety, 1953 by Philip Kindred Dick
Newly discovered lifeforms[edit]
- In the Avu Observatory, 1895 by Herbert George Wells
- The Horror of the Heights, 1913 by Arthur Conan Doyle
- At the Mountains of Madness, 1931 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
- Storm Warning, 1949 edition by Donald Allen Wollheim, originally published in Future Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1942
Mutations[edit]
- Both natural or accidental, artificial changes to existing life.
- The Octopus Cycle, 1928 by Fletcher Pratt & Irvin Lester
- "Vine Terror," by Howard Wandrei in Weird Tales (September 1934, vol. 24, no. 3)
Science and inventions[edit]
- New discoveries, new inventions and new technology.
- The Brick Moon, 1869 by Edward Everett Hale
- The Invisible Man, 1897 by Herbert George Wells
- Robur the Conqueror, 1886 by Jules Verne
- Thoth: A Romance, 1888 by Joseph Shield Nicholson
- The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth, 1904 by Herbert George Wells
- The Master of the World, 1904 by Jules Verne
- The New Accelerator, 1926 edition by Herbert George Wells, originally published in 1901
- The Variable Man, 1953 by Philip Kindred Dick
Edisonade[edit]
- "Edisonade" is a modern term, coined in 1993 by John Clute in his and Peter Nicholls' The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, for stories based around a brilliant young inventor and his inventions, many of which would now be classified as science fiction. This sub-genre started in the Victorian and Edwardian eras and had its apex of popularity during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.— Excerpted from Edisonade on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- The Huge Hunter, or the Steam Man of the Prairies, 1868 by Edward Sylvester Ellis
- Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope, 1939 by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, Volume 39 in the first Tom Swift series
Time and reality[edit]
Alternative realities[edit]
- Adjustment Team, 1954 by Philip Kindred Dick
Other dimensions[edit]
- The Gostak and the Doshes, 1949 edition by Miles John Breuer, originally published in Amazing Stories, March 1930
- The Einstein See-Saw, 1932 by Miles John Breuer
Time travel[edit]
- The Time Machine, 1895 by Herbert George Wells
- The Mentanicals, 1949 edition by George Henry Weiss, originally published in Amazing Stories, April 1934
- The Skull, 1952 by Philip Kindred Dick
Afterlife[edit]
The World of Tomorrow[edit]
Utopian novels, views of the future and predictions of things to come.
- Utopia, 1516 by Thomas More,
- Utopia, 1901 version edited by Henry Morley based on a translation by Gilbert Burnet
- The Buffalo Public Library in 1983, 1883 by Charles Ammi Cutter
- A Few Hours in a Far-Off Age, 1883 by Henrietta Dugdale
- Looking Backward From 2000 to 1887, 1888 by Edward Bellamy
- Equality (Bellamy), 1897 by Edward Bellamy
- The Inner House, 1888 by Walter Besant
- News from Nowhere, 1890 by William Morris
- Meda: a tale of the future, 1891? by Kenneth Folingsby
- The End of Books, 1894 by Octave Uzanne
- The Land Ironclads, 1903 by Herbert George Wells
- Philip Dru: Administrator, 1912 by Edward Mandell House
- The Sleeper Awakes, 1910 by Herbert George Wells
- Back to Methuselah, 1921 play by George Bernard Shaw
- Omega, 1949 edition by Amelia Reynolds Long, originaly published in Amazing Stories, July 1932.
- The Black Abbot of Puthuum, 1936 by Clark Ashton Smith
Other[edit]
Humour[edit]
- The Eyes Have It, 1953 humourous short by Philip Kindred Dick
Miscellaneous fiction[edit]
Non-fiction[edit]
- Brown Review by Paul Di Filippo, 2006 review by Paul Di Filippo
Thrillers[edit]
See also: Portal:Thriller
- "Mask of Death," by Paul Ernst in Weird Tales (August-September 1936, vol. 28, no. 2)—a Doctor Satan story
- The Hanging Stranger, 1953 by Philip Kindred Dick
- The Crystal Crypt, 1954 by Philip Kindred Dick
