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The Chessmen of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Chessmen of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth of his Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in January, 1921, and the finished story was first ..

Thuvia Maid of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Thuvia, Maid of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fourth of the Barsoom series. The principal characters are Carthoris and Thuvia of Ptarth, each of whom app..

The Efficiency Expert

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Efficiency Expert is a 1921 short novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. One of a small number of Burroughs' novels set in contemporary America as opposed to a fantasy universe, The Efficiency Expert foll..

As Long As You Wish

John O'Keefe

As Long As You Wish is a science fiction short story  about time travel...

All Day September

Roger Kuykendall

All Day September is science fictionspace opera by Roger Kuykendall. Evans was a prospector, and like all prospectors, a sort of jackknife geologist, selenologist, rather. His tractor and eq..

In the Year 2889

Jules Verne

In the Year 2889 is an 1889 short story published under the name of Jules Verne, but now believed to be mainly the work of his son Michel Verne, based on his father's ideas...

Robur the Conqueror

Jules Verne

Robur the Conqueror is a science fiction novel by Jules Verne, published in 1886. It is also known as The Clipper of the Clouds. It has a sequel, Master of the World, which was published in 1904...

The Skylark of Space

E. E. Smith

The Skylark of Space by Edward E. "Doc" Smith was written between 1915 and 1921 while Smith was working on his doctorate in chemistry. Though the original idea for the novel was Smith's, he co-wrote t..