Literature Pick #40

The Lost World
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The masterful work of science fiction featuring the first appearance of Professor Challenger as he seeks a lost land where dinosaurs still live.

Literature Pick #38

Lost in the Future
by John Victor Peterson
A excellent science fiction short story about the perils of space travel from the January 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe.

Literature Pick #34

Larson's Luck
by William P. McGivern (as Gerald Vance)
An exciting, lighthearted sci-fi short story from the January 1943 issue of Amazing Stories.

Literature Pick #33

The Bell Tone
by Edmund H. Leftwich
An Imaginative science fiction story from the July 1941 issue of Comet.

Literature Pick #32

The Time Mirror
by Dwight V. Swain (as Clark South)
A science fiction novelette from the December 1942 issue of Amazing Stories, a fantastic  tale of time travel filled with action, adventure, and romance.

Literature Pick #31

When the Mountain Shook
by Robert Abernathy 
A superb and rousing tale from the March 1954 issue of IF Worlds of Science Fiction.

Literature Pick #30

Devil Crystals of Arret
by Hal K. Wells
An exciting science fiction short story from the September 1931 issue of Astounding Stories.

Literature Pick #26

Omega, the Man

by Lowell Howard Morrow

A science fiction story from the January 1933 issue of Amazing Stories.

A tale set in the far future detailing man's struggle to survive on a dying Earth.

 

Literature Pick #25

From the Earth to the Moon

by Jules Verne

A masterpiece of science fiction from one of the foundational authors of the genre.

Literature Pick #23

Test Rocket!
by Jack Douglas
A superb short story from the April 1959 issue of Amazing Science Fiction Stories.

Literature Pick #22

A Martian Odyssey and Valley of Dreams
by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
From the July and November 1934 issues of Wonder Stories. These two short stories are brilliant works of science fiction that tell of the first trip to Mars, a truly fantastical adventure into the unknown.

Literature Pick #21

Tree, Spare that Woodman

by Dave Dryfoos

A wonderful story from the October 1952 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction.

Literature Pick #20

The Quantum Jump

by Robert Wicks

A science fiction story from the October 1958 issue of Amazing Science Fiction Stories.

Literature Pick #18

A Scientist Rises

by Desmond Winter Hall 

From the November 1932 issue of Astounding Stories, this is an imaginative work of science fiction from the pulp fiction era.

Literature Pick #17

Prelude to Space

by Robert W. Haseltine

An entertaining science fiction short story from the May 1954 issue of Imagination.

Literature Pick #16

The Coming of the Ice

by Green Peyton Wertenbaker

First published in the June 1926 issue of Amazing Stories, this is a masterful, evocative science fiction story about the last man on Earth.

Literature Pick #13

The Sky Trap

by Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994)

From the July 1941 issue of Comet, this is a wonderfully imaginative and exciting work of science fiction.

Literature Pick #12

The Talkative Tree 

by Horace Brown Fyfe
From the January 1962 issue of Worlds of If, this is an imaginative science fiction story.

Literature Pick #11

The Delegate from Venus

by Henry Slesar

A brilliant science fiction short story first published in the October 1958 issue of Amazing Science Fiction Stories.

Literature Pick #9

The First Men in the Moon
by H. G. Wells
First published in 1901, this is one of Wells' best works and a masterpiece of science fiction.