This volume presents a selection from the American and British fiction of the nineteenth century which was evolving into what we now know as science fiction.
This volume presents a selection from the American and British fiction of the nineteenth century which was evolving into what we now know as science fiction.
David Seed holds a chair in the English Department of Liverpool University. He has written and edited a number of works on Science Fiction including Anticipations: Essays on Early Science Fiction and its Precursors (1995) and a critical edition of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1871 novel The Coming Race . He is currently co-editor of Liverpool University Press's international Science Fiction Texts and Studies series.
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VOLUME I: 1818-1858 Introduction 1. Frankenstein or; The Modern Prometheus 2. 'Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman' 3. Travels in Phrenologasto 4. 'The Metempsychosis' 5. The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century 6. 'Great Astronomical Discoveries Lately Made by Sir John Herschel L.L.D F.R.S &c. at The Cape of Good Hope' 7. 'The New Frankenstein' 8. Sturmer: A Tale of Mesmerism 9. 'The Artist of the Beautiful' 10. 'The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar' 11. 'The Diamond Lens' 12. 'The Lifted Veil' 13. A Strange Story 14. 'The Case of George Dedlow' 15. The Huge Hunter; or The Steam Man of the Prairies 16. 'The Case of Summerfield' 17. 'The Automaton Ear' 18. The Age of Science: A Newspaper of the Twentieth Century 19. 'The Man-Ufactory' 20. 'An Automatic Enigma' 21. 'The Ablest Man in the World' Bibliography Appendix: 'Science-Fiction' Index
VOLUME I: 1818-1858 Introduction 1. Frankenstein or; The Modern Prometheus 2. 'Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman' 3. Travels in Phrenologasto 4. 'The Metempsychosis' 5. The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century 6. 'Great Astronomical Discoveries Lately Made by Sir John Herschel L.L.D F.R.S &c. at The Cape of Good Hope' 7. 'The New Frankenstein' 8. Sturmer: A Tale of Mesmerism 9. 'The Artist of the Beautiful' 10. 'The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar' 11. 'The Diamond Lens' 12. 'The Lifted Veil' 13. A Strange Story 14. 'The Case of George Dedlow' 15. The Huge Hunter; or The Steam Man of the Prairies 16. 'The Case of Summerfield' 17. 'The Automaton Ear' 18. The Age of Science: A Newspaper of the Twentieth Century 19. 'The Man-Ufactory' 20. 'An Automatic Enigma' 21. 'The Ablest Man in the World' Bibliography Appendix: 'Science-Fiction' Index
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