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Fiction Collection (#7)

Background imageFiction Collection: Advertisement, Horners Penny Stories

Advertisement, Horners Penny Stories
Advertisement for Horners Penny Stories -- Have You Read Them? circa 1900

Background imageFiction Collection: Startling Stories - When New York Vanished

Startling Stories - When New York Vanished by Henry Kuttner. A large robotic alien insect is imprisoned under a glass dome and is being experimented on by two male scientists

Background imageFiction Collection: Fantastic Adventures - The Liquid Man

Fantastic Adventures - The Liquid Man
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1941, featuring the story The Liquid Man by Bernard C. Gilford. Weird looking man with green skin is going to drink a steaming liquid out of a test tube

Background imageFiction Collection: Fantastic Adventures - Daughter of the Snake God

Fantastic Adventures - Daughter of the Snake God
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, May 1942, featuring the story Daughter of the Snake God by William P. McGivern and John York Cabot

Background imageFiction Collection: Fantastic Adventures - Dwellers of the Deep

Fantastic Adventures - Dwellers of the Deep
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1942, featuring the story Dwellers of the Deep by Don Wilcox. Man in wet suit looks through a round window of a submarine

Background imageFiction Collection: The Old Curiosity Shop, Kingsway, London

The Old Curiosity Shop, Kingsway, London
The Old Curiosity Shop, at 14 Portsmouth Street, Kingsway, London, as featured in Charles Dickens novel of the same name. circa early 20th century

Background imageFiction Collection: Traces on the Moon

Traces on the Moon
Space travellers of days to come may well find traces of the Moons former inhabitants lying about among the ruins of their civilisation

Background imageFiction Collection: Ufos / Ryall / Australia

Ufos / Ryall / Australia
Mrs Shirley Ryall and her brother, Bevan Adam, are driving home to Barmedman, New South Wales, when they see this science-fiction like (their own description) UFO Date: 8 September 1970

Background imageFiction Collection: The Justice of Tor, Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine cover

The Justice of Tor, Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine cover
The Justice of Tor Date: 1950

Background imageFiction Collection: Front cover of the novel Metropolis by Thea von Harbou

Front cover of the novel Metropolis by Thea von Harbou. The film version, by Fritz Lang, appeared in 1927. Date: First published: 1926

Background imageFiction Collection: Imaginary inhabitant of the planet Saturn

Imaginary inhabitant of the planet Saturn
An imaginary inhabitant of the planet Saturn. The unstable surface would be impracticable except for light, insect-like life forms who would have to breathe a gaseous atmosphere. Date: 1939

Background imageFiction Collection: Imaginary inhabitants of the planet Neptune

Imaginary inhabitants of the planet Neptune
The imaginary inhabitants of the planet Neptune have to put up with an unstable surface which is largely liquid, a dense atmosphere, very high gravity, and chemical storms. Date: 1940

Background imageFiction Collection: Colin Baker as Dr Who, with two young fans

Colin Baker as Dr Who, with two young fans
The actor Colin Baker (b 1943) as Dr Who, with two young fans. Colin Baker was the sixth Dr Who in the long-running science fiction television series, and played the role from 1984 to 1986

Background imageFiction Collection: Dolly Varden, character in Barnaby Rudge

Dolly Varden, character in Barnaby Rudge
Dolly Varden, a character in Barnaby Rudge, a novel by Charles Dickens. 1883

Background imageFiction Collection: Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine cover - The Golden Princess

Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine cover - The Golden Princess
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, August 1940 featuring The Golden Princess, story by Robert Moore Williams. A magical fantasy woman hypnotises two men. Date: 1940

Background imageFiction Collection: Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine, Goddess of the Golden Flame

Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine, Goddess of the Golden Flame
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, July 1947, featuring the story Goddess of the Golden Flame by William P. McGivern. A powerful-looking fantasy woman directs a thunderbolt at an approaching man

Background imageFiction Collection: Grotesque head, illustration by William Heath Robinson

Grotesque head, illustration by William Heath Robinson (The Works of Mr Francis Rabelais, 1921). Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Background imageFiction Collection: The Water Babies, illustration by William Heath Robinson

The Water Babies, illustration by William Heath Robinson
The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, illustration by William Heath Robinson (1915). The first thing which Tom saw was the black cedars. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Background imageFiction Collection: Art Deco Tiles - Holiday Fiction

Art Deco Tiles - Holiday Fiction
Art Deco Tiles (from a Bookshop?) - Holiday Fiction

Background imageFiction Collection: Jules Verne - French Writer

Jules Verne - French Writer
Jules Gabriel Verne (18281905) - French author and pioneer of the science fiction genre. Date: 1888

Background imageFiction Collection: Anarchist Paracutist

Anarchist Paracutist
A parachutist escapes from the Attila - the aptly-named flying machine of the evil- minded anarchist Hartmann - while on a bombing raid. (Story only guessed at) Date: 1902

Background imageFiction Collection: Balzac Photo

Balzac Photo
HONORE DE BALZAC French writer whose massive Comedie humaine is a monument of social fiction. Date: 1799 - 1850

Background imageFiction Collection: The Universe Wreckers, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine Cover

The Universe Wreckers, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
THE UNIVERSE WRECKERS - Astronauts repair their spacecraft wearing their spacewalker suits Date: 1930

Background imageFiction Collection: The Man from Beyond, Wonder Stories SciFi Magazine Cover

The Man from Beyond, Wonder Stories SciFi Magazine Cover
The Man From Beyond - Gratz steals the spaceship, leaving his companions stranded on Venus Date: 1934

Background imageFiction Collection: Adventure of Eros, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover

Adventure of Eros, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
AN ADVENTURE ON EROS - The space travellers are caught in a mysterious force. Date: 1931

Background imageFiction Collection: The Moon Era, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover

The Moon Era, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
The Moon Era (Jack Williamson) - time travelling Earthman attacks the mechanical servants of the Eternal Ones Date: 1932

Background imageFiction Collection: Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, The Invisible City

Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, The Invisible City
THE INVISIBLE CITY - Searching for a legendary city in Turkestan, American explorers are menaced by a plane of pure light. Date: 1932

Background imageFiction Collection: The Impossible World, Startling Stories Scifi Magazine Cover

The Impossible World, Startling Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
THE IMPOSSIBLE WORLD - Invading intelligences from another world subjugate and condition Earthfolk with sophisticated devices Date: 1939

Background imageFiction Collection: Amazing Stories Scifi magazine cover - Ocean Vortex

Amazing Stories Scifi magazine cover - Ocean Vortex
Mysterious areas are found in the Atlantic where ships are wrecked - illustration for The non-gravitational vortex& Date: 1930

Background imageFiction Collection: Jeeves, manservant to Bertie Wooster

Jeeves, manservant to Bertie Wooster
Jeeves, the fictional manservant to Bertie Wooster, as depicted in an illustration for Thank You Jeeves!. Date: First published: 1933

Background imageFiction Collection: Martian Guns, Wonder Stories SciFi Magazine Cover

Martian Guns, Wonder Stories SciFi Magazine Cover
Martian Guns - Earth is bombarded by martian guns. Date: 1932

Background imageFiction Collection: Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, Robot Aliens

Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, Robot Aliens
THE ROBOT ALIENS - The Earth is invaded by Martian robots who hope to succeed where H G Wells Martians failed... Date: 193

Background imageFiction Collection: New York Dome, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover

New York Dome, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
One-Way Tunnel - New York, despite its protective dome, is destroyed while the statue of liberty looks. Date: 1935

Background imageFiction Collection: Tetrahedra of Space, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover

Tetrahedra of Space, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
TETRAHEDRA OF SPACE (P Schuyler Miller) Natives of South America are attacked by alien invaders Date: 1931

Background imageFiction Collection: Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, Between Dimensions

Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, Between Dimensions
BETWEEN DIMENSIONS - The space traveller is seized for examination

Background imageFiction Collection: John Le Carre (David Cornwell)

John Le Carre (David Cornwell)
John le Carr (pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell, b 1931), English author of spy novels, many of which have been adapted for television and film. He worked for MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and 1960s

Background imageFiction Collection: The Ionian Cycle

The Ionian Cycle
THE IONIAN CYCLE (William Tenn) A space traveller from Earth encounters some interesting fauna emerging from eggs, pods, shells or whatever

Background imageFiction Collection: Lost in Time, Thrilling Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover

Lost in Time, Thrilling Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
LOST IN TIME. Time travel to a city of the future

Background imageFiction Collection: Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, The Alien Room

Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, The Alien Room
THE ALIEN ROOM - Climbers find a spaceship on Everest - they enter it, one of them presses a button and whoosh ! off to Outer Space !

Background imageFiction Collection: Air Wonder Stories scifi magazine cover, Destroyimg Waterspout

Air Wonder Stories scifi magazine cover, Destroyimg Waterspout
THE FLIGHT OF THE EASTERN STAR (Ed Earl Repp) - the powerful aircraft destroys a dangerous waterspout by flying through it

Background imageFiction Collection: Cartoon of G K Chesterton, writer

Cartoon of G K Chesterton, writer
Cartoon of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, writer

Background imageFiction Collection: THE SHOT INTO INFINITY

THE SHOT INTO INFINITY (Otto Willi Gail) Space voyagers from Earth spacewalk around the Moon Rocket

Background imageFiction Collection: Reading Subconscious

Reading Subconscious
In Ray Avery Myers fiction Into the subconscious, future scientists develop machines that read the subconscious mind and project its thoughts as images

Background imageFiction Collection: Hichens, the Last Time

Hichens, the Last Time
THE LAST TIME (Robert Hichens) Despairing, he buries his face in his hand : she stands beside him, aloof and not being very helpful

Background imageFiction Collection: Bill Sykes and Dog

Bill Sykes and Dog
Bill Sykes, an unlovely character in Dickenss Oliver Twist, with his dawg

Background imageFiction Collection: Moonstrollers, Amazing Stories scfi Magazine Cover

Moonstrollers, Amazing Stories scfi Magazine Cover
THE MOON STROLLERS - Earthmen explore the moon

Background imageFiction Collection: Robot Saves Humanity, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine Cover

Robot Saves Humanity, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
World without Women - the robot who saves humanity from extinction

Background imageFiction Collection: Electric Vampire

Electric Vampire
THE ELECTRIC VAMPIRE (F H Power) - insect produced by electricity (based on Crosses experiments) The monster claims a victim



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