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Advertisement, Horners Penny StoriesAdvertisement for Horners Penny Stories -- Have You Read Them? circa 1900
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
Fantastic Adventures - The Liquid ManCover 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
Fantastic Adventures - Daughter of the Snake GodCover of Fantastic Adventures, May 1942, featuring the story Daughter of the Snake God by William P. McGivern and John York Cabot
Fantastic Adventures - Dwellers of the DeepCover 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
The Old Curiosity Shop, Kingsway, LondonThe Old Curiosity Shop, at 14 Portsmouth Street, Kingsway, London, as featured in Charles Dickens novel of the same name. circa early 20th century
Ufos / Ryall / AustraliaMrs 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
The Justice of Tor, Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine coverThe Justice of Tor Date: 1950
Front cover of the novel Metropolis by Thea von Harbou. The film version, by Fritz Lang, appeared in 1927. Date: First published: 1926
Imaginary inhabitant of the planet SaturnAn 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
Imaginary inhabitants of the planet NeptuneThe 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
Colin Baker as Dr Who, with two young fansThe 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
Dolly Varden, character in Barnaby RudgeDolly Varden, a character in Barnaby Rudge, a novel by Charles Dickens. 1883
Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine cover - The Golden PrincessCover of Fantastic Adventures, August 1940 featuring The Golden Princess, story by Robert Moore Williams. A magical fantasy woman hypnotises two men. Date: 1940
Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine, Goddess of the Golden FlameCover 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
Grotesque head, illustration by William Heath Robinson (The Works of Mr Francis Rabelais, 1921). Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C
The Water Babies, illustration by William Heath RobinsonThe 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
Art Deco Tiles - Holiday FictionArt Deco Tiles (from a Bookshop?) - Holiday Fiction
Anarchist ParacutistA 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
Balzac PhotoHONORE DE BALZAC French writer whose massive Comedie humaine is a monument of social fiction. Date: 1799 - 1850
The Universe Wreckers, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine CoverTHE UNIVERSE WRECKERS - Astronauts repair their spacecraft wearing their spacewalker suits Date: 1930
The Man from Beyond, Wonder Stories SciFi Magazine CoverThe Man From Beyond - Gratz steals the spaceship, leaving his companions stranded on Venus Date: 1934
Adventure of Eros, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine CoverAN ADVENTURE ON EROS - The space travellers are caught in a mysterious force. Date: 1931
The Moon Era, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine CoverThe Moon Era (Jack Williamson) - time travelling Earthman attacks the mechanical servants of the Eternal Ones Date: 1932
Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, The Invisible CityTHE INVISIBLE CITY - Searching for a legendary city in Turkestan, American explorers are menaced by a plane of pure light. Date: 1932
The Impossible World, Startling Stories Scifi Magazine CoverTHE IMPOSSIBLE WORLD - Invading intelligences from another world subjugate and condition Earthfolk with sophisticated devices Date: 1939
Amazing Stories Scifi magazine cover - Ocean VortexMysterious areas are found in the Atlantic where ships are wrecked - illustration for The non-gravitational vortex& Date: 1930
Jeeves, manservant to Bertie WoosterJeeves, the fictional manservant to Bertie Wooster, as depicted in an illustration for Thank You Jeeves!. Date: First published: 1933
Martian Guns, Wonder Stories SciFi Magazine CoverMartian Guns - Earth is bombarded by martian guns. Date: 1932
Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, Robot AliensTHE ROBOT ALIENS - The Earth is invaded by Martian robots who hope to succeed where H G Wells Martians failed... Date: 193
New York Dome, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine CoverOne-Way Tunnel - New York, despite its protective dome, is destroyed while the statue of liberty looks. Date: 1935
Tetrahedra of Space, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine CoverTETRAHEDRA OF SPACE (P Schuyler Miller) Natives of South America are attacked by alien invaders Date: 1931
Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, Between DimensionsBETWEEN DIMENSIONS - The space traveller is seized for examination
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
The Ionian CycleTHE IONIAN CYCLE (William Tenn) A space traveller from Earth encounters some interesting fauna emerging from eggs, pods, shells or whatever
Lost in Time, Thrilling Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine CoverLOST IN TIME. Time travel to a city of the future
Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, The Alien RoomTHE ALIEN ROOM - Climbers find a spaceship on Everest - they enter it, one of them presses a button and whoosh ! off to Outer Space !
Air Wonder Stories scifi magazine cover, Destroyimg WaterspoutTHE FLIGHT OF THE EASTERN STAR (Ed Earl Repp) - the powerful aircraft destroys a dangerous waterspout by flying through it
Cartoon of G K Chesterton, writerCartoon of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, writer
THE SHOT INTO INFINITY (Otto Willi Gail) Space voyagers from Earth spacewalk around the Moon Rocket
Reading SubconsciousIn Ray Avery Myers fiction Into the subconscious, future scientists develop machines that read the subconscious mind and project its thoughts as images
Hichens, the Last TimeTHE LAST TIME (Robert Hichens) Despairing, he buries his face in his hand : she stands beside him, aloof and not being very helpful
Bill Sykes and DogBill Sykes, an unlovely character in Dickenss Oliver Twist, with his dawg
Moonstrollers, Amazing Stories scfi Magazine CoverTHE MOON STROLLERS - Earthmen explore the moon
Robot Saves Humanity, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine CoverWorld without Women - the robot who saves humanity from extinction
Electric VampireTHE ELECTRIC VAMPIRE (F H Power) - insect produced by electricity (based on Crosses experiments) The monster claims a victim
Higher Bockhampton near Dorchester, DorsetCottage at Higher Bockhampton near Dorchester, Dorset, birthplace of Thomas Hardy. 1924
When we go to the moon by rocket - 1929 vision of spaceA 1929 impression of space exploration with a a rocket hovering over the lunar surface. Forty years later, this dream would become a reality. Date: 1929