Abraham Merritt, Ayn Rand, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Francis Stevens, August Nemo

Essential Science Fiction Novels - Volume 5 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the 5 novels by authors who created memorable stories that shaped the foundations of Science Fiction. This book contains the following novels:The Ship Of Ishtar by Abraham Merritt. Anthem by Ayn Rand. John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The Heads of Cerberus by Francis Stevens. If you appreciate good books, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tacet Books
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783969870204
• Artikelnr.: 60462786

Autorenporträt

Abraham Grace Merritt (January 20, 1884 August 21, 1943) known by his byline, A. Merritt was an American Sunday magazine editor and a writer of fantastic fiction. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 1999, its fourth class of two deceased and two living writers.Ayn Rand (February 2, 1905 March 6, 1982) was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 March 19, 1950) was an American speculative fiction writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction and fantasy genres. His most well-known creations include Tarzan of the Apes, John Carter of Mars and Carson Napier of Venus.Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 1803 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and "dweller on the threshold", and the opening phrase "It was a dark and stormy night." Yet his standing declined and he is little read today.Gertrude Barrows Bennett (September 18, 1884 February 2, 1948), known by the pseudonym Francis Stevens, was a pioneering author of fantasy and science fiction. Bennett wrote a number of fantasies between 1917 and 1923 and has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy".