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Utopia. A community or society possessing highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities. It may be a dream, but it's a dream that has inspired writers for thousands of years. Plato's «Republic» may be the very first utopia presented to a mass audience, but Thomas More coined the term with his 1516 book Utopia (included here), which describes a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean. The term (and its antonym, dystopia) quickly entered the English language. And here are 19 other works, famous and not, featuring utopias and dystopias…works by Samuel Butler, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Anna Bowman Dodd, William Morris, Sir Francis Bacon, and many others. Included are:<P> EREWHON, by Samuel Butler<br> MOVING THE MOUNTAIN, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman<br> HERLAND, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman<br> EQUALITY, by Edward Bellamy<br> CAESAR’S COLUMN, by Ignatius Donnelly<br> THE REPUBLIC OF THE FUTURE, by Anna Bowman Dodd<br> A CRYSTAL AGE, by W. H. Hudson<br> A TRAVELER FROM ALTRURIA, by W. D. Howells<br> FREELAND: A SOCIAL ANTICIPATION, by Dr. Theodor Hertzka<br> MIZORA: A PROPHECY, by Mary E. Bradley Lane<br> SOLARIS FARM, by Milan C. Edson<br> LOOKING BACKWARD, by Edward Bellamy<br> SOME PICTURES OF A SOCIALIST FUTURE, by Eugene Richter<br> UTOPIA, by Thomas More<br> THE COMMONWEALTH OF OCEANA, by James Harrington<br> THE NEW ATLANTIS, by Sir Francis Bacon<br> THE BLAZING WORLD, by Margaret Cavendish<br> CHRISTIANOPOLIS, by Johannes Valentinus Andreae<br> THE CITY OF THE SUN, by Tommaso Campanella<p> If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 150+ entries in the MEGAPACK™ ebook series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

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Anna Bowman Dodd's 1897 science fiction book – presented as a series of letters from a Swedish nobleman while visiting a socialist republic in America in 2050 – offers a glimpse of a future New York where socialists have eliminated religion, distinctions between the sexes, and mechanized all labor. Amazingly inventive, with intercontinental travel by balloons and pneumatic tubes, as well as many other inventions, this dystopian, anti-socialist work remains fresh and remarkable on many levels.

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The invasion began with meteor strikes in Kansas. When the investigating team disappears, it signals the start of an alien invasion of Earth. At first, a number of humans are enslaved and forced to build a rocket aimed at the stars. Then comes the Crimson Plague, which sweeps across the world, ravaging civilization. Among the few who escape is astrophysicist Curt Temple, whose girlfriend, Lee Mason, is among the enslaved. Curt must pit his slim knowledge against the most perfect intelligence in the cosmos to save the world–and the woman he loves! <P>A classic science fiction novel, originally published in the November, 1941 issue of Startling Stories magazine!

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BEFORE EARTH CAME launches a new series collecting the early pioneering pulp magazine novelettes of John Russell Fearn, with the first-ever reprinting of «Before Earth Came» and «Subconscious.»<P> Both stories abound with unbridled imagination and a sense of wonder, examples of the pioneering stories being written in SF more than 80 years ago.<P> In «Before Earth Came,» Fearn’s storyline of how alien scientists, facing the imminent utter destruction of their planet, seek to preserve their heritage by sending it to Earth, was later copied by the creators of Superman.<P> And «Subconscious» was one of the very first SF stories to utilize the theory of Charles Fort that «We are Property!» … a theme that has echoed down science fiction ever since!

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British author John Russell Fearn was one of the most popular – and prolific – authors of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, selling work to all of the classic American science fiction magazines. Under his own name (and several pseudonyms), his novels and short stories appeared in Astounding Stories, Astonishing Stories, Startling Stories, Amazing Stories – and many more! <P>Included in this volume are 25 of his best works, selected by editor Philip J. Harbottle (who also contributes an introduction):<P> RED HERITAGE<BR> HE CONQUERED VENUS<BR> HE WALKED ON AIR<BR> THE MASTER MIND<BR> ISLAND IN THE MARSH<BR> SECRET OF THE MOON TREASURE<BR> SUPERHUMAN<BR> SEEDS FROM SPACE<BR> THE SILVER COIL<BR> PHANTOM FROM SPACE<BR> ARCTIC GOD<BR> THE GHOST SUN<BR> WHITE MOUSE<BR> KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT LEARNING<BR> WORLDS WITHIN<BR> THE VOICE COMMANDS<BR> THE JEWELS FROM THE MOON<BR> THE RED MAGICIAN<BR> FLIGHT OF THE VAMPIRES<BR> WEDDING OF THE FORCES<BR> MARTIAN AVENGER<BR> THE OTHERS<BR> LATER THAN YOU THINK<BR> FIRST OF THE ROBOTS<BR> SECOND GENESIS<P> If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 150+ entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more! (And try Wildside's «Golden Age of Science Fiction» Megapack series for even more classic SF!)

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"The Mad Scientist Megapack" assembles 23 tales of Scientists, their Creatures, and Experiments both Diabolical and Dangerous! Included are:<P> MYSHKIN, by David V. Reed<BR> A LIGHT THAT SHAMED THE SUN, by C. J. Henderson<BR> INCOMPLETE DATA, by H.B. Fyfe<BR> THE CORPSE ON THE GRATING, by Hugh B. Cave<BR> COSMIC TELETYPE, by Carl Jacobi<BR> MONSTER KIDNAPS GIRL AT MAD SCIENTIST'S COMMAND!, by Lawrence Watt-Evans<BR> GREAT MINDS, by Edward M. Lerner<BR> THE MAN WHO EVOLVED, by Edmond Hamilton<BR> NO GUTS, NO GLORY, by Edward M. Lerner<BR> THE DEVOTEE OF EVIL, by Clark Ashton Smith<BR> SONG OF DEATH, by Ed Earl Repp<BR> STATUS: COMPLETE, by Leslie J. Furlong<BR> FOOD FOR THOUGHT, by Jack Dolphin<BR> DR. VARSAG'S EXPERIMENT, by Craig Ellis<BR> PUBLIC SAFETY, by Matthew Johnson<BR> THE WORLD IN A BOX, by Carl Jacobi<BR> MACHINE RECORD, by Theodore R. Cogswell<BR> THE BIRTHMARK, by Nathaniel Hawthorne<BR> HERBERT WEST—REANIMATOR, by H.P. Lovecraft<BR> ZAPT'S REPULSIVE PASTE, by J.U. Giesy<BR> THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, by Robert Louis Stevenson<BR> THE MAN WHO STOPPED THE EARTH, by Henry J. Kostkos<BR> SYMPATHY FOR MAD SCIENTISTS, by John Gregory Betancourt <P>If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 150+ entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

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THE SENTINEL STARS – a novel of our world as the Bureau of Internal Revenue would run it! <P> Rigid, locked, enslaved – this is our Earth in 2200. East and West have merged at last, so there are no more wars, no more political differences. Citizens everywhere can concentrate on important things, like working off their tax debts. If you are capable and industrious, you may be able to make freeman status for the last few years of your life. <P> No one questions the status quo. No one speaks out. No one rebels … until one bright morning when Citizen TRH-247 decides not to go to work – and even worse, becomes desirous of a girl below his own classification! Thus he makes himself an outcast, with the whole world against him – and his mere survival depends on his wits, his daring, his strength! <P> But how can you fight the ultimate bureaucracy?

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Starting with the February, 1946 issue, every issue of the <i>Captain Marvel Adventures</i> comic book included a 2-page short story by «Eando Binder» (Otto O. Binder). All featured Lt. Jon Jarl of the Space Patrol. These juvenile space operas – designed to appeal to kids – featured the daring adventures of a two-fisted young member of the Space Patrol. In a solar system where seemingly every planet and moon can support life (and the asteroid belt harbors numerous space pirates and criminals), Jon Jarl always seems to save the day.<P> If you've seen the early TV adventures of Captain Video and His Video Rangers, Space Patrol, or Tom Corbett, Space Cadet—which were clearly influenced by Binder's writing (as well as the shared universe of «space opera» that had been developed in <i>Amazing Stories</i> magazine under editor Ray Palmer) – you will know what you're in for…a ride into the Wild West of outer space, where physics and logic never get in the way of a good story!

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Frederick Merrick White (1859-1935) was a pioneer in many fields – the spy story, the detective story, and most especially the epic disaster story. His «Doom of London» series (1903), consisting of six tales in which various catastrophes beset London (including diphtheria, killer smog, and a devastanzing freeze), proved quite popular. The Yorkshire Observer wrote of him: “Mr. White is a master of the breathless pace which whirls a reader along whether he will or not." Included in this volume are all six «Doom of London» stories, plus 9 more tales: <P> THE FOUR WHITE DAYS (1903)<BR> THE FOUR DAYS' NIGHT (1903)<BR> THE DUST OF DEATH (1903)<BR> A BUBBLE BURST (1903)<BR> THE INVISIBLE FORCE (1903)<BR> THE RIVER OF DEATH (1903)<BR> THE ISLAND OF SHADOWS (1892)<BR> A GOLDEN ARGOSY (1886)<BR> NABOTH’S VINEYARD (1889)<BR> THE CARDINAL MOTH (1905)<BR> THE CRIMSON BLIND (1905)<BR> THE SLAVE OF SILENCE (1906)<BR> THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWN (1906)<BR> THE FIVE KNOTS (1908)<BR> THE MYSTERY OF THE FOUR FINGERS (1908)<BR> HARD PRESSED (1910)<P> If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 150+ entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

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Arthur Leo Zagat was one of the most versatile pulp writers in the 1930s-1950s, the author of more than 500 short stories in many different genres. His work appeared in most of the top science fiction, mystery, and adventures magazines, including Astounding Stories, Planet Stories, Weird Tales, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Argosy, and many, many more. Wildside Press is preparing multiple volumes assembling his classic fiction, and we are pleased to kick off the line with a collection of his science fiction from Astounding Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories. Included are:<P> THE TOWER OF EVIL<BR> THE MENACE FROM ANDROMEDA<BR> THE DEATH-CLOUD<BR> THE REVOLT OF THE MACHINES<BR> VENUS MINES, INCORPORATED<BR> THE GREAT DOME ON MERCURY<BR> WHEN THE SLEEPERS WOKE<BR> THE LANSON SCREEN<BR> LOST IN TIME<BR> FLIGHT OF THE SILVER EAGLE<BR> THE CAVERN OF THE SHINING POOL<BR> THE GREEN RAY<BR> THE TWO MOONS OF TRANQUILLIA<BR> GRIM RENDEZVOUS<BR> NO ESCAPE FROM DESTINY<P> If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 150+ entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

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