The Big Book of Classic Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction

Fantastic fiction has existed since man's earliest days of telling tales around a fire. It deals with our most powerful emotions: fear, love and hope. Throughout its history, the short story has always been its most vital form. In short fiction, the boundaries of genre have been established, broken and re-established; the field has become differentiated and complex. The Big Book of Classic Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction displays the evolution of the genre, filled with significant and powerful works by some of the greatest masters of storytelling.<br/><br/>Fantastic fiction has had an impact on all types of literature, and we can trace its effects via the generations of writers who have contributed to the field, from Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Frank Herbert, Franz Kafka, H Beam Piper, Herman Melville, HG Wells, HP Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov, Jack London, Jules Verne, Kurt Vonnegut, Marion Zimmer Bradley, MR James, O Henry, Philip K Dick, Richard Connell, Robert A Heinlein, Robert E Howard, William Hope Hodgson, WF Harvey to WW Jacobs, whose bestelling and award-winning collections of short fiction have proved the durability of the form.<br/><br/>The Big Book of Classic Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction is a mammoth of a book, containing over 800 pages featuring 46 of the greatest short stories ever told in horror, fantasy and science fiction. It is a book to last the ages.<br/><br/>The Nameless City by H.P. Lovecraft<br/>2 B R O 2 B by Kurt Vonnegut<br/>The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe<br/>The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka<br/>The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs<br/>A Dream Of Armageddon by H.G. Wells<br/>Lost Hearts by M.R. James<br/>The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell<br/>Ancient Lights by Algernon Blackwood<br/>Second Variety by Philip K. Dick<br/>The Voice In The Night by William Hope Hodgson<br/>The Gun by Philip K. Dick<br/>The Beast With Five Fingers by W.F. Harvey<br/>Youth by Isaac Asimov<br/>The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce<br/>In The Year 2889 by Jules Verne<br/>The Vampyre by John William Polidori<br/>Beyond The Door by Philip K. Dick<br/>The Pit And The Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe<br/>The Valley Of Spiders by H.G. Wells<br/>A Wicked Woman by Jack London<br/>The Time Machine by H.G. Wells<br/>Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker<br/>The Missing Link by Frank Herbert<br/>Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft<br/>The Last Days Of The United States by Robert A. Heinlein<br/>The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley<br/>Pigeons From Hell by Robert E. Howard<br/>Beyond Lies The Wub by Philip K. Dick<br/>The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft<br/>Old Rambling House by Frank Herbert<br/>The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe<br/>The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells<br/>At The Mountains Of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft<br/>The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick<br/>The Shunned House by H.P. Lovecraft<br/>The Red Room by H.G. Wells<br/>Beyond The Wall Of Sleep by H.P. Lovecraft<br/>Crossroads Of Destiny by H. Beam Piper<br/>The Masque Of The Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe<br/>The Monster Mine by Anonymous<br/>The House On The Borderland by William Hope Hodgson<br/>Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story Of Wall Street by Herman Melville<br/>The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman<br/>The Gift Of The Magi by O. Henry<br/>The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft