British Science Fiction

Watch out - the Earth just fell into a dark sun's orbit! Or maybe you'd rather visit a theme park called Hell? These are just two of the strange and unnerving tales you'll find in this collection of great science fiction and fantasy stories.

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In this Very Short Introduction, David Seed doesn't offer a history of science fiction, but instead attempts to tie examples of science fiction to different historical moments, in order to demonstrate how science fiction has evolved over time, especially the emergence of science fiction as a popular genre in the 20th century. Seed looks not only at literature, but also at drama and poetry, as well as film. Examining recurrent themes in science fiction, he looks at voyages into space, the concept of the alien and alternative social identities....

Incredible Science Fiction: Amazing Tales from the 50's and Beyond, Volume Two collates a collection of some of the very best science-fiction stories published in the '50s together. All these stories (with the exception of The Anatomy of Fear) are now in the public domain and were original published in various science-fiction magazines that were very popular in the 1950s. This is a lovingly curated collection of some of the very best stories published during this time. This collection includes a further story from the Hugo Award-nominated Rog Phillips.

Four sci-fi short stories where you'll find good computers, people who regret their past, and an explanation for something you're familiar with.

This collection of interviews and chats is culled from some of the more recent episodes of the world’s longest-running radio program on speculative fiction, Hour of the Wolf, produced and hosted by Jim Freund since 1974. Many of these recordings were made at conventions, the Nebula Awards...

Jonathan Strahan, the award-winning and much lauded editor of many of genre's best known anthologies, is back with his 11th volume in this fascinating series, featuring the best science fiction and fantasy. With established names and new talent, this diverse and ground-breaking collection will take the listener to the outer reaches of space and the inner realms of humanity with stories of fantastical worlds and worlds that may still come to pass.

Is this a new star... or our final night? Something impossible has broken the lonely silence of the void, rushing out of the black mystery of space and straight toward our sun. At first, it is just a remote speck of light. Humanity watches in idle wonder as a magnificent new star illuminates the...

The second installment of the British Empire of Magic trilogy finds Jacob, now king of the British Empire of Magic, and his imperial city still under siege from Thomas, king of the Dark Knights and his American allies. Jacob devises a plan to rescue his father from the White Islands and sends his partner, Co-Regent Lord Elliot, to Dover Cliff to retrieve the members of Parliament before King Thomas can find them and take complete control of the empire, but Jacob and Elliot grow suspicious that a traitor could be at the highest level within the Royal Council.

Thriller, adventure, and comedy are brought together in My Sunny British Days by Shreyans Ranjalkar. Written by a child for children, his stories take you on a magic carpet ride of adventure and bring to you: "The Lost Island", where a mysterious ring found by Sam and Jack transports them into a world of mystery, magic, and dark sorcery. Challenged by an unknown enemy, they attempt to free captives enslaved by a powerful spell.