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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome - E. M. BERENS
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome - E. M. BERENS
- Author: E. M. BERENS
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction
This is a comprehensive collection of all the major and minor gods of Rome and Greece, with descriptions of festivals and retellings of major mythological stories. (Summary by Sibella)...
The Story of Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie
The Story of Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie
- Author: J. M. Barrie
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction
THE STORY OF PETER PAN RETOLD FROM THE FAIRY PLAY BY SIR J.M. BARRIE BY DANIEL O'CONNOR. Basically, Daniel O'Connor took the story from the original play, with the approval of Barrie, and shortened it into a book with music and beautiful...
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus - L. Frank Baum
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction
This story of Santa Claus veers away slightly from the traditional stories of his beginnings. L. Frank Baum creates a world of fantasy that surrounds Santa Claus's life. Orphaned at an infant he is found by the nymph Necile, who convinces the great...
The Moon Pool - Abraham Merritt
The Moon Pool - Abraham Merritt
- Author: Abraham Merritt
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Dr. David Throckmartin’s scientific expedition to the South Sea Islands discovers among ancient ruins a portal into Muria, an unknown underground world. After the disappearance of Throckmartin, his wife and two companions, his old friend Dr. Walter...
Dr. Heidenhoff's Process - Edward BELLAMY
Dr. Heidenhoff's Process - Edward BELLAMY
- Author: Edward BELLAMY
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction
Henry Burr's fiance, Madeline, is seduced by another man. The guilt and painful memories she has as a result cause him to refer her to Dr. Heidenhoff, who has developed a method to remove such memories from people's brains so that they can live...
Short Science Fiction Collection 054 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 054 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Science Fiction / Short Stories
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative nature of the genre inspires...
The Princess and the Goblin (version 2) - George MacDonald
The Princess and the Goblin (version 2) - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
George MacDonald's fairy stories and fantasy have inspired a number of writers including C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien and of this popular fairy story, which as you might suspect concerns a little princess plotted against by a race of goblins, G.K....
Operation: Outer Space - Murray Leinster
Operation: Outer Space - Murray Leinster
- Author: Murray Leinster
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
Jed Cochrane is about to take off on man's first interstellar voyage. His mission: Make sure it's good television! (Introduction by Mark Nelson)...
The Swoop! - P. G. Wodehouse
The Swoop! - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Humorous Fiction
The Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies — "England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. It was beneath the heels of nine invaders. There was barely standing-room." (ch. 1) — and features references to...
Astounding Stories 13, January 1931 - Undefined
Astounding Stories 13, January 1931 - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
This issue contains "The Dark Side of Antri" by Sewell Peaslea Wright, "The Sunken Empire" by H. Thompson Rich, "The Gate to Xoran" by Hal K. Wells, "The Eye of Allah" by C. D. Willard, "The Fifth-Dimension Catapult" by Murray Leinster, and "The...
The Royal Book of Oz - Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Royal Book of Oz - Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Author: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
The Royal Book of Oz (1921) is the fifteenth in the series of Oz books, and the first to be written by Ruth Plumly Thompson after L. Frank Baum's death. Although Baum was credited as the author, it was written entirely by Thompson. The Scarecrow is...
The Enchanted Island of Yew - L. Frank Baum
The Enchanted Island of Yew - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction
A fairy has become bored with her life, and convinces some young girls to transform her into a human boy so she can go on adventures. The adventures come fast and furious, as the newly-named Prince Marvel explores the surrounding kingdoms. A...
Alice's Adventures Underground - Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures Underground - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
This is the handwritten book that Carroll wrote for private use before being urged to develop it later into Alice in Wonderland. It was generously illustrated by Carrol and meant to entertain his family and friends. When a sick child in a hospital...
Orlando Furioso - Ludovico ARIOSTO
Orlando Furioso - Ludovico ARIOSTO
- Author: Ludovico ARIOSTO
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
Charlemagne's nephew Orlando (AKA Roland) is driven insane by the infidelity of his beloved Angelica. Angelica's relationship with him and others loosely unifies multiple story lines to produce a rich tapestry of romance, fictionalized history, and...
Aleriel; or, A Voyage to Other Worlds - Wladislaw LACH-SZYRMA
Aleriel; or, A Voyage to Other Worlds - Wladislaw LACH-SZYRMA
- Author: Wladislaw LACH-SZYRMA
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction
When an Oxford undergraduate meets by chance, a mysterious stranger, during a walking tour of France, he does not know that the unusual charismatic being he has made the acquaintance of, is in fact a disguised alien being, named Aleriel. Coming from...
The Brass Bottle - F. Anstey
The Brass Bottle - F. Anstey
- Author: F. Anstey
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
What happens when a not-so-lucky man happens upon a brass bottle releases the djinni caught within? Misunderstanding, culture shock, hilarity, among other things. Will the well-intentioned djinni help his new master? Or will he makes things even...
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils - Selma Lagerlöf
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils - Selma Lagerlöf
- Author: Selma Lagerlöf
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction
Selma Lagerlöf was born in Vaermland, Sweden, in 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Price in Literature in 1909. She died in Vaermland in 1940. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Orig. Nils Holgerssons...
Merry Clappum Junction - Arnold KENNEDY
Merry Clappum Junction - Arnold KENNEDY
- Author: Arnold KENNEDY
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
This is a jolly little book about a little boy, a dog, a train and a house. But not an ordinary train, oh no, and not an ordinary house either! And there are songs, too. The Preface is short, dull and only for the grown-ups. (Summary by Ruth Golding)...
The Shadows - George MacDonald
The Shadows - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
"Old Ralph Rinkelmann made his living by comic sketches, and all but lost it again by tragic poems. So he was just the man to be chosen king of the fairies..." George MacDonald (December 10, 1824 – September 18, 1905) was a Scottish author, poet,...
Peggy's Trial - Mary Knight POTTER
Peggy's Trial - Mary Knight POTTER
- Author: Mary Knight POTTER
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
Ten-year old Peggy Clayton and her two younger brothers, Teddy and Harry, live with their father, Dr. Clayton, and Nurse, a woman who has taken care of them since the death of their mother when Peggy was five. Peggy is a sweet and kind little girl...
Utopia (Robinson translation) - Thomas MORE
Utopia (Robinson translation) - Thomas MORE
- Author: Thomas MORE
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Literary Fiction / Political Science
Originally entitled A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke of the beste state of publique weale, & of the newe yle, called Utopia: written in Latine, by ... Syr Thomas More knyght, and translated into Englishe by Raphe Robynson ... The first...
Robin Hood - J. Walker McSpadden
Robin Hood - J. Walker McSpadden
- Author: J. Walker McSpadden
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction
Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally Robin Hood and...
The Smoke Upon Your Altar Dies - Rudyard Kipling
The Smoke Upon Your Altar Dies - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of The Smoke Upon Your Altar Dies by Rudyard Kipling. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 6, 2013. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (abridged) - Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (abridged) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a work of children's literature by the English mathematician and author, the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, written under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a...
The Island Of Doctor Moreau (Version 2) - H. G. Wells
The Island Of Doctor Moreau (Version 2) - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / Nature & Animal Fiction
In this classsic of H. G. Wells, Edward Prendick is shipwrecked on a beautiful island in the South Seas and is drawn into the wild and cruel world of Doctor Moreau, who aspires to play God with animals. Summary by Bob Neufeld...
The Secret Power - Marie Corelli
The Secret Power - Marie Corelli
- Author: Marie Corelli
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Romance / Science Fiction
This Marie Corelli novel falls in the realm of fantasy and science fiction with a steampunk element. The story centers around Morgana Royal, a powerful woman who invents an airship, and Roger Seaton, her love interest who has control of a...
The Ninth vibration and other stories - L. Adams BECK
The Ninth vibration and other stories - L. Adams BECK
- Author: L. Adams BECK
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction / Romance
This is a collection of the following short stories: The Ninth Vibration -- The Interpreter : A Romance of the East -- The Incomparable Lady : A Story of China with a Moral -- The Hatred of the Queen : A Story of Burma -- Fire of Beauty -- The...
EDWY: A Poem, in Three Parts - Ann Radcliffe
EDWY: A Poem, in Three Parts - Ann Radcliffe
- Author: Ann Radcliffe
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction / Poetry
In Edwy, Ann Radcliffe gives us a delightful piece of poetic moonshine, whose eponymous hero seeks assistance from the world of faerie in order to spy on his girlfriend, Aura, and see if she really loves him. He does this by venturing unseen into...
A Christmas Carol (version 02) - Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol (version 02) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / *Non-fiction / House & Home
A Christmas Carol (full title: A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas) is A Christmas Carol is a Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the...
News From Nowhere - William Morris
News From Nowhere - William Morris
- Author: William Morris
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Science Fiction
News from Nowhere (1890) is a classic work combining utopian socialism and soft science fiction written by the artist, designer and socialist pioneer William Morris. In the book, the narrator, William Guest, falls asleep after returning from a...
Lady Into Fox - David GARNETT
Lady Into Fox - David GARNETT
- Author: David GARNETT
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Published 1900 onward
When Sylvia Tebrick, the 24-year-old wife of Richard Tebrick, suddenly turns into a fox while they are out walking in the woods, Mr. Tebrick sends away all the servants in an attempt to keep Sylvia's new nature a secret. Both then struggle to come...
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 03 December 1895 - Various
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 03 December 1895 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Short Stories
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine. The...
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 04 January 1896 - Various
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 04 January 1896 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Short Stories
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine. This...
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 01 October 1895 - Various
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 01 October 1895 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Short Stories
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine. This...
The Master Girl: A Romance - Henry Marriage Wallis
The Master Girl: A Romance - Henry Marriage Wallis
- Author: Henry Marriage Wallis
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction
A stone age romance. Deh-Yun of the Little Moon comes across Pul-Yun of the Sun Disc, who has broken his leg while in search of a woman to kidnap and take as wife. Deserting her tribe, Deh-Yun nurses him back to health and as their adventures...
Beyond the Vanishing Point - Ray Cummings
Beyond the Vanishing Point - Ray Cummings
- Author: Ray Cummings
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Science Fiction
When George Randolph first caught sight of Orena, he was astounded by its gleaming perfection. Here were hills and valleys, lakes and streams, glowing with the light of the most precious of metals. And, more astonishing than that, it was a world of...
The Black Cat Vol. 02 No. 07 April 1897 - Various
The Black Cat Vol. 02 No. 07 April 1897 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Short Stories
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine. This...
The Ghost Kings - H. Rider Haggard
The Ghost Kings - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
Rachel Dove is a British missionary's daughter in the wilds of Africa. Her life is turned around when fellow teenager Richard Darrien rescues her from a flash flood; their common initials alone may clue the reader in that these two are another pair...
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 06 March 1896 - Various
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 06 March 1896 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Short Stories
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine. This...
Anno Domini 2071 - Pieter Harting
Anno Domini 2071 - Pieter Harting
- Author: Pieter Harting
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction
Curious to see how the world was imagined to be 50 years from now? Harting, under the pseudonym Dr. Dioscorides, originally published his steampunk utopian novelette in 1865 under the title Anno 2065, but soon had to publish new editions because of...
