Der eifersüchtige Estremadurer und andere Novellen Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Vor etlichen Jahren verließ ein junger Edelmann einen Flecken in Estremadura und zog wie ein zweiter verlorener Sohn in verschiedenen Gegenden von Spanien, Italien und Flandern umher, worüber er in die Jahre kam und sein Vermögen zusetzte.
The Big Time Fritz Leiber - A war rages beyond space and time in this Hugo Awardwinning extraordinary tour de force from the acclaimed Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy (A Readers Guide to Science Fiction).
Burning Daylight Jack London - Burning Daylight is a novel by Jack London, published in 1910, which was one of the best-selling books of that year and it was London's best-selling book in his lifetime.
The Art of Fiction Henry James - World-renowned novelist and short story author Henry James offers practical advice and considerable insight on what makes quality fiction, and how good writers can create it.
The Confidence-Man - Herman Melville - On April Fool's Day in 1856, a shape-shifting grifter boards a Mississippi riverboat to expose the pretenses, hypocrisies, and self-delusions of his fellow passengers.
News from Nowhere is a classic work combining utopian socialism and soft science fiction written by the artist, designer and socialist pioneer William Morris.
In this issue, you will find three fundamental texts that have shaped dystopian political fiction: "e;We"e; by Yevgeny Zamyatin, "e;Nineteen Eighty-Four"e; by George Orwell and "e;Anthem"e; by Ayn Rand.
'World Without Weakness' is the vision of Miss Sophia Bernard, the director of Mind Care facility who aims at training the young genius by evaluating their emotional weakness with a competitive mindset.
Das Spinnennetz Joseph Roth - 1923, drei Tage vor Hitlers Putschversuch in München erschienen, zeichnet Das Spinnennetz das Porträt einer Gesellschaft von Mitläufern, die der Katastrophe entgegeneilt.
The Son of the Wolf - Jack London - "e;This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell - The essential backstory to the creation and meaning of George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four, one of the most important books of the 20th centuryand now the 21stSince its publication more than 70 years ago, George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern age.
The Nightingale and the Rose - Oscar Wilde - A nightingale overhears a student complaining that his professor's daughter will not dance with him, as he is unable to give her a red rose.
The Hyborian Age Robert Ervin Howard - Of that epoch known by the Nemedian chroniclers as the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, little is known except the latter part, and that is veiled in the mists of legendry.
Klein Dorrit Charles Dickens - Diese Version ist komplett - Teil 1 und 2 - Band 1 des vielleicht schönsten Romans von Charles Dickens: Klein Dorrit lebt mit ihrer Familie im Schuldgefängnis.
Tarzan and the City of Gold - Edgar Rice Burroughs - After encountering and befriending Valthor, a warrior of the lost city of Athne (whom he rescues from a group of bandits known as shiftas), the City of Ivory and capital of the land of Thenar, Tarzan is captured by the insane yet beautiful queen Nemone of its hereditary enemy, Cathne, the City of Gold, capital of the land of Onthar.
The Curse of Eve - Arthur Conan Doyle - Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 7 July 1930) was a Scottish author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and the adventures of Professor Challenger.
Welcome to the Essential Science Fiction Novels book series, where you will find a selection of endless tales about the incredible technologies of the future, time travel and its consequences, adventures in interstellar spaceships, strange post-apocalyptic worlds, dangerous alien invasions and everything else the authors dreamed of or feared for the future of humanity.
Welcome to the Essential Science Fiction Novels book series, where you will find a selection of endless tales about the incredible technologies of the future, time travel and its consequences, adventures in interstellar spaceships, strange post-apocalyptic worlds, dangerous alien invasions and everything else the authors dreamed of or feared for the future of humanity.
Welcome to the Essential Science Fiction Novels book series, where you will find a selection of endless tales about the incredible technologies of the future, time travel and its consequences, adventures in interstellar spaceships, strange post-apocalyptic worlds, dangerous alien invasions and everything else the authors dreamed of or feared for the future of humanity.
Dystopian fiction- sometimes combined with, but distinct from apocalyptic literature - is the opposite: the portrayal of a setting that completely disagrees with the author's ethos.
