Science Fiction Stories

An illustrated collection of science fiction short stories and excerpts from longer works by a variety of authors including H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Isaac Asimov.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edward Blishen
Other Authors: Karin Littlewood
Format: Printed Book
Published: Kingfisher/Houghton Mifflin Co 2003
Series:Story library.
Subjects:
Science fiction. Children's stories. Short stories.
Table of Contents:
  • The boy, the dog, and the spaceship / Nicholas Fisk
  • Invisible in London / H.G. Wells (from The Invisible Man)
  • The Dragon of Pendor / Ursula Le Guin (from The Wizard of Earthsea)
  • Bobo's star / Glenn Chandler
  • The yellow hands / T.H. White (from The Master)
  • The specimen / Tim Stout
  • Of polymufstock / John Christopher
  • Hurled into space / Jules Verne (from Round the Moon)
  • Goodbye to the Moon / Monica Hughes (from Crisis on Conshelf Ten)
  • The shot from the Moon / Arthur C. Clarke (from Islands in the Sky)
  • The fun they had / Isaac Asimov
  • A fight between lizards at the center of the earth / Jules Verne (from Voyage to the Center of the Earth)
  • The last man alive / M.P. Shiel (from The Purple Cloud)
  • How we were tracked by a tripod / John Christopher (from The White Mountains)
  • The war of the worlds (an extract) / H.G. Wells
  • Homecoming / Stephen David
  • All summer in a day / Ray Bradbury
  • Grenville's planet / Michael Shaara
  • The fear shouter / Jay Williams
  • The wind from the Sun / Arthur C. Clarke.

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