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Summary
(From the publisher):
In this wonderful new anthology there are twenty stories from both the pioneers of science fiction and the very best of present-day writers. Edited by Edward Blishen.
Contents:
- The Boy, the Dog, and the Spaceship by Nicholas Fisk
- Invisible in London by H.G. Wells
- The Dragon of Pendor by Ursula Le Guin
- Bobo's Star by Glenn Chandler
- The Yellow Hands by T.H. White
- The Specimen by Tim Stout
- Of Polymuf Stock by John Christopher
- Hurled Into Space by Jules Verne
- Goodbye to the Moon by Monica Hughes
- The Shot From the Moon by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov
- A Fight Between Lizards at the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
- The Last Man Alive by M.P. Shiel
- How We Were Tracked by a Tripod by John Christopher
- The War of the Worlds -- an extract by H.G. Wells
- Homecoming by Stephen David
- All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury
- Grenville's Planet by Michael Shaara
- The Fear Shouter by Jay Williams
- The Wind From the Sun by Arthur C. Clarke
Original title: Science Fiction Stories
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Children & Young Adult→ Science Fiction
The following works are contained within this one:
Fight Between Lizards at the Center of the Earth, a (1864) [Short Story]
Author: Jules Verne
Invisible in London (1897) [Short Story]
Author: H. G. Wells
War of the Worlds, the (1898) [Novel]
Author: H. G. Wells
Last Man Alive, the (1901) [Short Story]
Author: M.P. Shiel
Grenville's Planet (1952) [Short Story]
Author: Michael Shaara
Shot from the Moon, the (1952) [Short Story]
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
All Summer in a Day (1954) [Short Story]
Author: Ray Bradbury
Fun They Had, the (1957) [Short Story]
Author: Isaac Asimov
Yellow Hands, the (1957) [Short Story]
Author: T.H. White
Hurled Into Space (1964) [Short Story]
Author: Jules Verne
Wind from the Sun, the (1964) [Short Story]
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
How We Were Tracked By a Tripod (1967) [Short Story]
Author: John Christopher
Dragon of Pendor, the (1968) [Short Story]
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Of Polymuf Stock (1971) [Short Story]
Author: John Christopher
Goodbye to the Moon (1975) [Short Story]
Author: Monica Hughes
Bobo's Star (1979) [Short Story]
Author: Glenn Chandler
Fear Shouter, the (1979) [Short Story]
Author: Jay Williams
Specimen, the (1979) [Short Story]
Author: Tim Stout
Homecoming (1983) [Short Story]
Author: Stephen David
Boy, the Dog, and the Spaceship, the (1987) [Short Story]
Author: Nicholas Fisk
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