"The Land Ironclads" is a 1903 science fiction short story by H. G. Wells. It is an eerily prophetic story about a war correspondent and a soldier in a fictitious battle between “townsmen” and “countrymen”. What’s the catch? While one side has the brawn, the other may have the brains to turn the tide of the war forever.
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“Raiders of the Universes” is a 1932 science fiction novelette by Donald A. Wandrei. It is about an astronomer who discovers a vicious, universe-conquering race of aliens headed for Earth!
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a novella published in 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a well known story about a man with a dual personality.
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"Rappaccini’s Daughter" is an 1844 science fiction novelette by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is about a young man who discovers the strange daughter of a mad doctor.
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The Yellow Wallpaper is a story written in 1899 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, about a woman that goes to a country home for fresh air to cure her depression.
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“Black Destroyer” is a 1939 science fiction novelette by A.E. van Vogt. It is about a vicious alien who attacks the crew of an exploration space ship.
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“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a 1922 speculative fiction short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is about a strange child who is born as an old man and then ages backwards throughout his life.
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“Micromegas” is a 1752 philosophical short story – in a science fictional setting – by Voltaire. It is about an incredibly large being from Sirius that travels to our solar system and is intrigued by what he finds here.
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“The Monkey’s Paw” is a 1902 speculative fiction short story by W.W. Jacobs. It is about a family who discovers a magical talisman that grants 3 wishes.
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“The Colour Out Of Space” is a 1927 science fiction novelette by H.P. Lovecraft. It is about a meteorite that falls from the sky in the 1880′s and the devastating consequences it has upon the people in a rural New England town.

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“Helen O’Loy” is a 1938 science fiction short story by Lester del Rey. It is about two men who buy a beautiful robot house keeper and the all too life-like problems they encounter with her.

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“A Martian Odyssey” is a 1934 science fiction novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum. It is about an astronaut who walks several hundred miles across the Martian landscape, and the amazing life forms he encounters.

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